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A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a more than two-year fight that has threatened to hurt rural lawmakers … More: continued here

Working-age people now make up the majority of households that rely on food stamps, for the first time ever. And some experts say this trend is here to stay. More: continued here

Working-age people are now the majority recipients of food stamps, overtaking the share who are children and seniors, the traditional beneficiaries of the program, according to a new analysis from The Associated Press and University of Kentucky economists. The report comes as Democrats in Washington, in particular, are pushing income …

KMOV.com Cuts on Food Stamps Said to Be 20% of What Republicans Sought in Farm-Bill …BusinessweekFree groceries at the Food Bank For New York City on Dec. 11, 2013. Need increased in November when 47 million low-income people nationwide saw their food stamps cut as the federal SNAP program expired. …

Washington Post Deep Cuts in Food Stamps Said Averted in Farm-Bill DealBloombergDeep cuts in U.S. food stamp spending sought by House Republicans were averted in a tentative agreement on a much-delayed agriculture bill, according to a congressional aide familiar with the matter. The proposed farm legislation crafted by U.S. …Farm bill …

Deep cuts in U.S. food stamp spending sought by House Republicans were averted in a tentative agreement on a much-delayed agriculture bill, according to a congressional aide familiar with the matter. More: continued here

ABC15.com (KNXV-TV) Again? First-class stamp price rises to 49 centsNBCNews.comIt's going to cost you a few pennies more to mail a letter. The cost of a first-class postage stamp is now 49 cents — 3 cents more than before. Regulators approved the price hike in December, and it went into …

Reminder Postage Stamps Rise by Three Cents TomorrowGuardian Liberty VoiceThe United States Postal Service announced on Saturday that the price of stamps will rise by three cents fixing a postage stamp at 49 cents. For the people who previously bought Forever Stamps, the increase in cost will not affect them. …

Stamps.com® , the leading provider of USPS postage online and shipping software to approximately 500,000 customers, today announced a historic new discount for its customers who mail single piece letters. … More: continued here

Price of stamps goes up three centsfox2now.comOne way around the increases is buying Forever Stamps now and using them any time for first-class mail, the kind used by most consumers. Launched in 2007, Forever Stamps are always valid, no matter what people paid for them and even if prices go …