Food stamps look ripe for the picking, politically speaking. Through five years and counting of economic distress, the food aid program has swollen up like a summer tomato. It grew to $78 billion last … More: continued here
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines Activists protest sale of Berkeley Post OfficeDaily CalifornianWhere Milvia Street crosses Allston Way, several bold signs and worn REI tents indicate a group of protesters who have been camping out in front of Berkeley's first post office since Saturday night to save the institution from being sold….
Santa Monica's New Deal Era Post Office Building on the Road to PreservationThe Lookout NewsAugust 2, 2013 — Despite losing the battle to keep Santa Monica's 75-year-old post office open, officials and residents are working to make sure the New Deal-era building sticks around a little longer. City Hall, with the help of the Santa…
Stabenow cultivates support for restoring food stampsToledo BladeDETROIT — For weeks, the looming Detroit bankruptcy has been the monster of all Michigan stories, dominating the news almost to the point of crowding out everything else. Yet just as there is more to the state's economy than cars, there are more …Harkin says splitting farm, food…
Right now, it's illegal for you to ship beer, wine and liquor across the country, but if the Post Master General gets his way that could change. More: continued here
Shares of innovative online and mobile commerce company, eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY) , are looking for a bid. The stock suffered this month after another failed attempt to push above $58, which is within striking … More: continued here
The Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and Headlines Main Coralville post office slated for closureThe Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and HeadlinesThe main Coralville Post Office at 10th Avenue and Fifth Street Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 in Coralville. The U.S. Postal Service notified Coralville in writing in July that it intends to move out of…
Telegraph.co.uk £3 Warhol on eBay for £1.25mExpress.co.ukA BRITISH art fan shows off the Andy Warhol sketch he got for £3 at a Las Vegas jumble sale – and has now put up on eBay for £1.25million. Published: Thu, August 1, 2013. Tweet · 0 Comments. Experts-at-both-Sotheby-s-and-Bonhams-are- Experts at both …Warhol sketch bought for £3 on sale…
GOP prepares food stamp legislation to cut program by 5 percentFox NewsWASHINGTON – House Republicans are preparing legislation that would cut food stamps by as much as $4 billion annually in an effort to downsize a program that many conservatives say has become too bloated in recent years. A group of Republicans led … More: continued…
Politico GOP Push to Slash Food Stamps Puts Farm Bill in JeopardyNew York TimesWASHINGTON — A plan by House leaders to cut $40 billion from the food stamp program — twice the amount of cuts proposed in a House bill that failed in June — threatens to derail efforts by the House and Senate to…