USDA report: North Carolina has “critical” issues overseeing food stamps programThe Progressive PulseNorth Carolina's food stamps program continues to face major problems in how it operates and monitors federal funds for low-income families struggling to get food on their tables, according to a recent report by federal officials. NC FAST logo A … More: continued…
National cuts to food stamp program will not affect Louisiana, AP review findsThe Times-Picayune – NOLA.comThis Dec. 20, 2013, file photo shows shoppers passing through the Sweet Auburn Curb Market in Atlanta. Cuts to the nation's food stamp program enacted earlier this year are only affecting four states, far from the sweeping reform that Republicans…
Wisconsin one of 4 states to cut food stampsWMTV(AP) — Wisconsin is one of only four states nationwide that is enacting cuts to the food stamp program. An Associated Press review finds that as of now, the cuts will only affect Michigan, Wisconsin, New Jersey and New Hampshire. The decision in … More: continued here
Fewer Arizonans Applying For Food Stamps Since End Of RecessionKJZZRequests for food stamp assistance in Arizona have fallen slightly since fall of 2012. But it's too early to say if that indicates the state's economy is making a strong recovery from the recession. Food stamp use was very high nationally during the … More: continued…
Detroit Free Press Cuts to food stamps will only hit 4 statesFox NewsCuts to the nation's food stamp program enacted this year are only affecting four states, far from the sweeping overhaul that Republicans had pushed, an Associated Press review has found. As a result, it's unclear whether the law will realize the …Michigan among…
Tom of Finland stamps pass Russian postal service despite 'gay propaganda' banGay Star NewsFinnish stamps featuring the artwork of gay erotic artist Touko Laaksonen, AKA Tom of Finland, have successfully passed into Russia and reached their destination, with the Russian postal service apparently having no problems with them. The stamps were … More: continued here
BBC News New stamps celebrate 'spirit of seaside'BBC NewsTen stamps celebrating the architecture of the UK's seaside resorts are being released by the Royal Mail. The selection includes architecture from large and small resorts from the Victorian and art deco eras to 1930s modernism and up to the present day.Royal Mail launches ten new stamps…
The stamps for auction include 1953 Queen Elizabeth II revenue stamps, 1955 Queen Elizabeth II definitive stamps and post-independence stamps from 1968. More: continued here
Fox News US|$100000 Reward for Missing 'Jennies'New York TimesMinutes later — around 9:30 on a September morning in 1955 — a delegation of esteemed philatelists strolled down the row of display cases, looking expectantly for the star item of the collection: a block of four famous 24-cent stamps with the …Stamp collector offering $100G for…
Wisconsin one of 4 states to cut food stampsWBAYMADISON, Wis. (AP) – Wisconsin is one of only four states nationwide that is enacting cuts to the food stamp program. An Associated Press review finds that as of now, the cuts will only affect Michigan, Wisconsin, New Jersey and New Hampshire. More: continued here