Bay Area Food Stamps Not Keeping Up With Need (CBS 5 Bay Area)

Oversized stamp honors KU, NBA great ChamberlainTopeka Capital JournalAn oversized commemorative stamp honoring former University of Kansas and Hall of Fame player Wilt Chamberlain has been issued by the U.S. Postal Service, which made Chamberlain the first NBA player honored on a stamp. The two-inch stamp is nearly … More: continued here

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ThinkProgress 5 Million Could Be Kicked Off Food Stamps Under Republican CutsThinkProgresshungrykid Food stamp cuts proposed by Republicans could boot over 5 million people off of the program and create health problems that would cost the country more than the cuts save, according to a new analysis by the Health Impact Project. If Congress …House Plan…

Food Stamp Applications Increase Across the StateKNDO/KNDU, WA –1 hour agoThe department also says the total number of people on food stamps increased to 617000 people in the state. That number also rose from 594000 in September. …Demand for state's food-stamp program increasesSeattle Timesall 3 news articles More: continued here

The pairing of crop subsidies and food stamps for decades was a politically effective strategy that helped move both through Congress with broad bipartisan support. More: continued here

People’s World New Forever Stamp Image AvailableThe Taft IndependentA new Forever Stamp image will be available as part of a pricing package that would add less than 13 cents a month to the average American household's …Proposals abound to bail out our mailEast OregonianSaturday's Our View: Distasteful choicesSW Iowa Newsall 29 news articles » More: continued…