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Songbird Stamps Take Flight Through The US Mail SaturdayThe Chattanoogan“Songbirds have been singing and delighting humans for thousands of years, so it's only fitting that they receive their own postage stamps,” said U.S. Postal Service Southern Area Vice President Jo Ann Feindt, who will dedicate the stamps. “As you …and …

The federal government won't detail where the record $76 billion in food stamps last year was spent, so taxpayers have no idea how much any grocery store or chain benefited. More: continued here

Marketplace.org Food stamps: Government won't reveal how much money Wal-Mart, other stores …The OregonianThe federal government won't detail where the record $76 billion in food stamps last year was spent, so taxpayers have no idea how much any grocery store or chain benefited. Food stamps are "a government subsidy with …

Marketplace.org Food Stamps Don't Keep Walmart's Prices Low, They Keep Its Profits HighHuffington PostAs journalist Krissy Clark notes in Marketplace's valuable new series "The Secret Life of the Food Stamp," Walmart benefits from food stamps in multiple ways, as taxpayers both underwrite the company's food sales and also subsidize its …

Marketplace.org Food stamps: A reporter's notebookMarketplace.orgMy point is just to say, 'Hey, let's look at what is really going on,' in terms of how food stamps function as a part of our economic system, in all of these different ways. And maybe that will help us have more informed conversations …

10 Things You Can't Buy With Food StampsHuffington PostInstead of discussing the horror of someone buying soda pop or a steak with SNAP (food stamps), it would be great to turn the conversation to the things that can't be purchased and think for a minute how we could find a …

Slate Magazine Behold the Walmart Employee at the Food Pantry, Picking Up Food Donated by …Slate MagazineElchert says that over the past few years more and more working people in need of food assistance have been showing up at the charities his group serves. These include workers whose food stamps …

Food Stamps Not Allowed At Strip ClubsWKRG-TVFood Stamps Not Allowed At Strip Clubs. Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2014 11:48 AM EDT. Updated: Thursday, April 3, 2014 11:48 AM EDT. By Associated Press. MONTGOMERY, Alabama – The Alabama House of Representatives gives final passage to a bill …and more » More: continued here

International Business Times Expired Long-Term Unemployment Benefits, Food Stamps Cuts Hurt Q1 GDPInternational Business TimesGrowth has also been clipped by the end of long-term unemployment benefits and cuts to food stamps. RBS slashed its first-quarter GDP estimate to an annualized rate of 0.6 percent from 1.2 percent. Barclays lowered its …

Gov. Deal orders changes to food stamp program as feds threaten to cut fundingAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)Gov. Nathan Deal is ordering changes aimed at clearing the backlog jamming the state's food stamp program as federal officials threaten to cut up to $76 million in administrative funding if the problems aren't …