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Indiana Lawmakers Propose Screening Welfare Recipients, Limit Food StampsIndiana’s NewsCenterINDIANA (21Alive) — In Indianapolis a proposal to screen welfare recipients for addictions and limit food stamp use to nutritional foods only is moving to the State Senate despite questions about its constitutionality and cost. The bill calls for …Bill to …

NY1 New Yorkers Brace for Food Stamp Cuts Because of Farm BillNY1A significant number of New Yorkers will feel the effects of food stamp cuts later this year when the new farm bill goes into effect. The newly signed bill ushers in $8 billion in cuts to food stamps. Arlene …

Is Wal-Mart too Dependent on Food Stamps?DailyFinanceAccording to the Wall Street Journal, Americans spend 18% of all food stamp dollars at Wal-Mart Stores , which is about $14 billion. With the recent cuts to theSupplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, no wonder Wal-Mart is steering its …Food-stamp fraud down, despite …

In Brunswick, fewer options for food stamp usersFrederick News Post (subscription)Now Garrott and others who rely on food stamps must compete for staples. Rite Aid and Family Dollar are located beside each other in Brunswick Shopping Center, off Souder Road. At Rite Aid, a gallon of 2-percent milk cost $3.99 …

Farm Bill a Boon to Agriculture, a Bust for Food StampsSanta Barbara IndependentLast November, all 17,000 households (30,000 individuals) on food stamps in the county — 60 percent are children — received $18 less each month because the 2008 federal stimulus package ended. The average Santa Barbara household receives $336 … …

New York Daily News Unemployment benefits and food stamp cuts cripple poorNew York Daily NewsAnd on Friday, President Obama signed legislation that will cost Buitrago – and more than 325,000 other New Yorkers – an average of $1,180 a year in food stamps. "I've had to ask for money from …

Among its many stamps, the Postal Service has a series called “Made in America, Building a Nation.” The strip of “forever” stamps is a collection of iconic photographs of 20th-century… More: continued here

Boys hoops | CPS playoffs: Cliff Alexander, Josh Stamps get job done for CurieChicago TribuneCliff Alexander had competition for best dunk. Josh Stamps' shoulder-dip tomahawk from the baseline rivaled anything the future Kansas Jayhawk threw down Saturday night. Stamps even outscored his teammate, though Alexander's presence had far more … More: …

Families scrambling to feed themselves face cuts to food stampsCBS NewsWASHINGTON, D.C. – The new farm bill President Obama signed into law yesterday cuts $8.6 billion from food stamps during the next decade. This comes on top of $5 billion in cuts during the last year. Jeff Bredt was earning …

Part of the Farm Bill: Cuts to Food StampsNew York TimesAt $8.6 billion, the cuts to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, formerly known as food stamps) make up more than half the “savings” from this bill. The 850,000 low-income households that will see significant reductions in their …Obama Signs …