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Most on food stamps are workingThe Newark AdvocateAbout 2,500 Ohioans have been kicked off food stamps for not satisfying a newly enforced work requirement, far fewer than what was initially feared. The clock started ticking Oct. 1, when the state counted more than 140,000 “able-bodied adults without …and more » More: continued …

Opposing Views David Vitter Wants Food Stamp Recipients To Show Photo ID Every Time They …Huffington PostSen. David Vitter (R-La.) on Wednesday introduced legislation to require food stamp recipients to produce a valid photo ID every time they purchase food with their Electronic Benefits Transfer card. Under the Food Stamp …

WASHINGTON (AP) – Doctors are warning that if Congress cuts food stamps, the federal government could be socked with bigger health bills. Maybe not immediately, they say, but over time if the poor wind up in doctors' offices or hospitals as a result. Among the health risks of hunger are …

Here's the Latest GOP Assault On Food Stamps: Requiring a Photo ID to Buy FoodMother JonesOn Wednesday, Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) introduced a bill that would force recipients of food stamps to show a valid photo ID to buy food. Anti-hunger advocates say that because many poor people cannot afford …

Mother Jones GOP Senate Candidate Claims Food Stamp Program Is Like Slavery [VIDEO]News OneGreg Brannon, a GOP U.S. Senate hopeful out of North Carolina, compared food stamps to slavery and called for the dissolution of the Department of Agriculture in an interview recently discovered by Mother Jones. “We're taking our …

The Week Magazine Price of postage stamps going up Jan. 26Tampa Bay NewspapersStamp prices have stayed consistent with the average annual rate of inflation of 4.2 percent since the Postal Service was formed in 1971, according to a press release. The Postal Service recorded a $15.9 billion net loss last …

Ivan Stamps, the man accused of going on a crime spree through Colorado Springs last January, is found guilty on all charges. More: continued here

Food Stamps Affecting Diabetes?WIFRSTATELINE (WIFR) – Diabetics on food stamps could be more likely to end up in the emergency room towards the end of the month. “I sleep more, I have no energy because I am not getting the food intake that I get at the beginning of the …

Obama Free to Go on Advertising Food Stamps in MexicoFrontPage MagazineThe omnibus spending bill before Congress continues to fund U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) advertising programs for food stamps in foreign countries like Mexico, Breitbart News has learned. The bill was hashed out between House Appropriations … More: continued here

Diabetics on food stamps could be more likely to end up in the emergency room towards the end of the month. More: continued here