Tulsa World Store owner pleads guilty in $283000 theft of food stampsTulsa WorldThe owner of a Tulsa store pleaded guilty Tuesday to stealing about $283,000 from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. U.S. Attorney Danny Williams Sr. said 47-year-old Milton Islam of Broken Arrow entered the …and more » More: continued here
OctaFinance.com Seth Weisberg, Chief Legal Officer of Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ:STMP) Just …OctaFinance.comIt was shown in a legal form which was filled with the U.S. SEC that Seth Weisberg, who works for Stamps.com Inc. (NASDAQ:STMP) 70.93 -2.08 -2.85% , and currently serves as Chief Legal Officer completed an insider deal on May 12, 2015. He made…
Reason (blog) Higher Cigarette Taxes = More People on Food Stamps?Reason (blog)Two Cornell University economists have just published a working paper, Behavioral Responses to Taxation: Cigarette Taxes and Food Stamp Take-Up" that finds that many poor cigarette smokers compensate for cigarette tax hikes by applying for the … More: continued here
USA TODAY Fewer Americans receiving food stampsUSA TODAYIn a further sign of the improving economy, the number of Americans receiving food stamps fell below 46 million people for the first time in more than three years. As of February 2015, the most recent month available, 45.7 million people are receiving …How The Conservative Obsession With…
hngnews.com Pommer describes changes to food stamp programhngnews.comIn order to receive food-stamp public assistance, able-bodied adults across Wisconsin from age 18 to 49 who have no children will soon be facing work or job-training requirements. Their food-stamp benefits will be limited to three months unless they … More: continued here
Acquisitions drive revenue higher for Stamps.comInternetRetailer.com (press release) (registration) (blog)Stamps.com, an online retailer that sells United States Postal Service postage and labels, reported revenue of $44.1 million in the first quarter of fiscal 2015, up 32.3% from $33.3 million during the same period the year before. The majority of that … More: continued here
The Tennessean La Vergne woman guilty in stamp-selling schemeThe TennesseanChristine Smith, 49, admitted that she made the checks tied to fake accounts and used them to buy stamps at U.S. Post Offices before selling the stamps on the auction website eBay at a reduced rate, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney for …La…
mirror.co.uk Tragic tot dies 'after faeces smeared on face and mum's boyfriend stamps on …mirror.co.ukA two-year-old boy has died after he was allegedly dropped onto a tile floor, trodden on and had faeces smeared on his face during potty training. Little Hames 'JJ' Sieger Jr died from horrific injuries that police say were inflicted on…
Personal Liberty Digest How The Conservative Obsession With Policing Poor People's Shopping Carts …ThinkProgressThe first time a state government tried to bar food stamps recipients from buying certain types of food it deemed “junk,” the War on Terror hadn't yet reached Iraq and Facebook hadn't been invented yet. More than a dozen years later, so-called…
Personal Liberty Digest The Long, Futile History Of Trying To Ban 'Junk Food' From Food Stamps…ThinkProgressThe first time a state government tried to bar food stamps recipients from buying certain types of food it deemed “junk,” the War on Terror hadn't yet reached Iraq and Facebook hadn't been invented yet. More than a dozen years…