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Work for food stamps? New Mexico may reinstitute that condition for receiving food stamps. Gov. Susana Martinez’s administration is proposing to reinstitute work requirements on low-income New Mexicans to qualify for food stamps, according to station KVIA. Starting in October, the state plans to restore a 20-hour-a-week work requirement for …

Slate Magazine (blog) The secret life of food stamps might get less secretMarketplace.orgShould the public know how much money Wal-Mart, or that convenience store down the street, takes in through the federal food stamp program? Or does that amount to a retail trade secret? Those are the questions at the …

NBC4 Washington Fairfax Man Pleads Guilty to Producing $76000 in Counterfeit Postage StampsNBC4 WashingtonBrian Kim, 38, of Fairfax, was accused of defrauding the U.S. Postal Service by producing the stamps between January and October 2013. Kim owned and operated two packaging centers in Northern Virginia, one in Fairfax and the …

Slate Magazine (blog) The Secret Life of a Food Stamp Might Become a Little Less SecretSlate Magazine (blog)Should the public know how much money Walmart—or for that matter, the convenience store down the street—takes in through the federal food stamp program? Or does that information amount to a retail trade …

05/08/2014PostNL plans price rise for postage stampsExpatica NetherlandsPostNL plans price rise for postage stamps Postal firm PostNL has asked the Dutch consumer authority ACM for permission to raise the price of a postage stamp to offset the fall in turnover in the letter delivery market. The news comes shortly after …

The Guardian Gambling addict who sold stamps from late father's collection spared jailThe GuardianThe son of a renowned philatelist who stole part of his late father's stamp collection to fund his obsession with a single fruit machine in a bookmaker's shop has been spared jail after his mother asked for …

New Mexico Work Food Stamps: Officials Aim to Reinstate RequirementsNewsmax.comFood stamp-eligible parents or other household members caring for a child — regardless of the child's age — have been exempt from job search requirements. Pregnant women and some others, including those who are considered physically or mentally … More: continued here

New Mexico proposes work requirement for food stampsKVIA El PasoAccording to the USDA, introducing EBT cards created an electronic record that makes it very difficult to abuse the system. One percent of benefits were "trafficked," or exchanged for cash, in 2012, according to a USDA analysis cited by SnapToHealth.org. More: …

Telegraph.co.uk Thief gambles away £14000 proceeds of rare stamp collection on single fruit …Telegraph.co.ukJoseph Jennings stole the stamps from his mother before putting them on the market for a fraction of their true worth. As he sold off the stamps, he made trips to a branch of Corals in Birmingham …

NM to require work for some food stamp recipientsKOB.comThe order would require childless recipients between 18-59 to work 20 hours a week in order to receive food stamps. Matt Kennicott with the Human Services Department confirmed that would be around 26,600 recipients. Kennicott also said Gov. Susana … More: continued here