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WASHINGTON – More soldiers used food stamps to buy milk, cheese, meat and bread at military grocers last year. More: continued here

More soldiers used food stamps to buy milk, cheese, meat and bread at military grocers last year. More: continued here

Find more work slots or restore food stamps to needy OhioansYoungstown VindicatorThat is why it's likely premature for Ohio to end food-stamp assistance for tens of thousands of needy and desperate state residents. But that's what the administration of Gov. John Kasich has chosen to do. WORK-REQUIREMENT WAIVER ENDS. For the first …and more » More: continued…

New York Daily News Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, other Democrats to ask for delay of law cutting food …New York Daily NewsWASHINGTON — Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and 71 other congressional Democrats are asking the agriculture secretary to delay a new law cutting food stamps for hundreds of thousands of Americans. “Our states need time to adjust…

Lincoln Stamp Club celebrates 50 yearsLincoln Journal StarAbout 1,500 people typically attend the two-day event that features stamp displays, dealers and a popular beginners table where kids can buy stamps for a penny each and adults can buy stamps for a nickel each. Information tables include the American … More: continued here

The World's Most Valuable Stamp Is Expect to Sell for More than $10 MillionSmithsonianIn 1856, a shipment from London, England, to the colony of British Guiana was delayed. The ship was carrying stamps. To stave off a shortage, the local postmaster had the printers at a local newspaper run off a small batch of temporary…

Experimental Station Breaks Down Why Foods Stamps At Farmers' Markets WorkChicagoistExperimental Station is a non-profit which takes its name from a Frank Lloyd Wright speech, and is self-described as being devoted to testing and advocating "food models that work for vulnerable communities, make the most out of the donated dollar … More: continued here

Should food-stamp benefits cover only healthy food selections?Fort Wayne Journal GazetteINDIANAPOLIS – Indiana lawmakers are close to banning low-income Hoosiers using food stamps from buying food that isn't healthy enough. The provision requires the Family and Social Services Administration to create a statewide program limiting the use …and more » More: continued here

Healthy food only with food stamps?Fort Wayne Journal GazetteINDIANAPOLIS – Indiana lawmakers are close to banning low-income Hoosiers using food stamps from buying food that isn't healthy enough. The provision requires the Family and Social Services Administration to create a statewide program limiting the use …and more » More: continued here

Dan Maffei finds out what it's like to live on food stampsThe Post-Standard (blog)Congressman Dan Maffei signs the SMG white board before he gets a tour of the new office of Syracuse Media Group by Media Group president Tim Kennedy this summer. Maffei is finding out what it's like to live on food stamps this…