Middletown suing over post office's chain-link fenceTimes Herald-RecordMayor Joe DeStefano has objected to the fence since before the post office put it up late last year as part of a larger renovation of the property, saying it projects a bad image for the city and is unnecessary because of the low number of police calls…
Yahoo! News How Food Stamps Killed the Farm BillTIME (blog)At 12:14 p.m., the House opened debate on an amendment introduced by Florida Republican Steve Southerland that would have allowed states to increase work requirements for citizens to receive food stamps. Shortly after, Cantor spoke on the floor in …House rejects massive farm bill that would have…
MIDDLETOWN — The City of Middletown is suing the U.S. Postal Service in federal court to try to force them to take down the 8-foot chain-link fence around the post office parking lot at the corner of South and Fulton streets. More: continued here
Minneapolis Star Tribune US House votes down farm billMinneapolis Star TribuneWASHINGTON – The House of Representatives stumbled over a divisive plan to cut food stamps and failed Thursday to pass a five-year farm bill. The 234-195 defeat of the bill leaves the government scrambling for a long-term program to govern dozens of … More: continued here
House defeats farm bill, but food stamps still a targetLos Angeles TimesSupporters of the federal food stamp program exulted Thursday when the House defeated a major agriculture bill that would have trimmed its budget by a few percent. But if they think the House rejected the bill because of the food stamp cuts, they can't…
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House defeats farm bill because of food stamp cutsChristian Science MonitorJoel Freeman never imagined needing food stamps after graduating from college. Skip to next paragraph. Related stories. How much do you know about US entitlement programs? Take our quiz. The Circle Bastiat Why the food stamp program is a fraud … More: continued here
Ask LH: Can An eBay Seller Dodge Warranty Claims?Lifehacker AustraliaDear Lifehacker, Earlier this year I bought a sofa that I found through eBay, but I was silly enough to ring the number that was on the site to ask a question. The salesman offered me a reduced delivery fee if I ordered through him there…
Last Day Announced For Santa Monica's New Deal-Era Post OfficePatch.comPlans call for the post office to be open for a half-day from 9 a.m. to noon that Saturday, according to USPS spokesman Richard Maher. After that, the retail lobby service and P.O. Box mail will not be available to the public at the location. To…
Wall Street Journal (blog) Food Stamps Changes Helped Defeat House Farm BillWall Street Journal (blog)The surprising collapse of the farm bill Thursday was due in part to Democratic revolts over changes to eligibility standards for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, also known as food stamps. The bill would have made it harder for states to use…