Mother Jones After poverty tour, Ryan proposes cutting food stampsMSNBCThe release of a new Ryan budget proposal has become an annual Washington tradition, and there is little in the substance of this year's offering to distinguish it from prior editions. If anything makes the 2014 version of the Ryan budget …
Read More »Guilford, state await ruling from USDA over food stamps – Greensboro News & Record
WCTI12.com Guilford, state await ruling from USDA over food stampsGreensboro News & RecordGREENSBORO — The U.S. Department of Agriculture said it is “pleased with the progress North Carolina has made” in clearing food stamp backlogs but has not determined whether the state satisfied its March 31 deadline. If the USDA …
Read More »Fueling a heat and eat rebellion – Boston Globe
Fueling a heat and eat rebellionBoston GlobeOn average, the $1 triggered about $90 a month in food stamps, now known as SNAP (for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program). The Republicans changed the rules so that recipients would have to receive $20 a month in heating aid to receive food … More: continued …
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WASHINGTON (AP) – A budget plan stuffed with familiar proposals to cut across a wide swath of the federal budget got a vote of confidence from the House GOP's top vote counter Wednesday and was steaming through the Budget Committee. Democrats assaulted its sharp cuts to health care coverage for …
Read More »NC meets deadline on food stamps – The Robesonian
WCTI12.com NC meets deadline on food stampsThe RobesonianLUMBERTON —The Robeson County Department of Social Services cleared its backlog of outstanding food stamp applications days before a federally mandated deadline, according to the director of the local program. “We were caught up Friday,” said …Guilford County DSS director out, state expecting to …
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Ward 4 Councilman De’Keither Stamps calls the Jackson Zoo’s retention of its accreditation a Lumumba/Tillman win, referring to late Mayor Chokwe Lumumba and interim Mayor Charles Tillman. More: continued here
Read More »Paul Ryan Wants to Block Grant Food Stamps and Medicaid. That’s a Terrible Idea. – Mother Jones
Mother Jones Paul Ryan Wants to Block Grant Food Stamps and Medicaid. That's a Terrible Idea.Mother JonesOn Tuesday, Ryan issued the House GOP's 2015 budget proposal, which would make major changes to two of the federal government's primary anti-poverty programs, food stamps and Medicaid. Using as his model the supposedly …
Read More »Are Walmart’s Prices So Low Because Its Employees Are on Food Stamps? – Slate Magazine
Slate Magazine Are Walmart's Prices So Low Because Its Employees Are on Food Stamps?Slate MagazineWhen looking at the number of Walmart employees on food stamps in Ohio and elsewhere, Tovar stresses the importance of perspective: Walmart is the largest employer in Ohio, and the country, he points out, so its …
Read More »United States Postal Service Announces ‘Misprinted Stamps Escape Postal Vault’ – Sierra Sun Times
TheChronicleHerald.ca United States Postal Service Announces 'Misprinted Stamps Escape Postal Vault'Sierra Sun TimesApril 1, 2014 – WASHINGTON — The Postal Service has printed 100 additional sheets of stamps of the recently issued $2 Inverted Jenny stamp but with the plane flying right-side up. These very limited edition stamps were circulated …
Read More »Trade of the Day: Stamps.com (STMP) – Investorplace.com
Trade of the Day: Stamps.com (STMP)Investorplace.comStamps.com (STMP) has been a survivor. Initially the company was caught up in the dot-com rally of the late '90s when the company planned an IPO with literally no revenue. Not just losses — no topline revenue at all. At the time, we remember thinking …
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