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Cutting Food Stamps Risky, Doctors Warn, Likely To Cost More In Long RunFox News LatinoWASHINGTON (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 …

Price of stamps set to increaseKTVOKIRKSVILLE, MO. — Mailing a letter will get a little more expensive in the coming weeks. The price of stamps will increase three cents on January 26th, bringing the cost to $0.49 per stamp. The increase is an effort to help the postal service recover …

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DENVER — Food stamps for a pot brownie? It's an urban myth in Colorado, but state lawmakers want to make sure that doesn't happen. A bill proposed this week by several Republicans would add marijuana dispensaries to liquor stores, gun shops and casinos as places where recipients of public assistance …

Doctors lobby Congress against cutting food stampsCBS NewsFood stamps, known as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, feed 1 in 7 Americans and cost almost $80 billion a year, twice what it cost five years ago. Conservatives say the program spiraled out of control as the economy struggled …and …

Washington Post (blog) Despite USDA threat, NC food stamps backlog got worseWRAL.comRaleigh, N.C. — The state Department of Health and Human Services acknowledged Friday afternoon that its problematic food stamps system is not improving, despite assurances to federal officials that it was taking steps to fix the massive backlog of …

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Food Stamps at Pot Shops Banned Under Colo. BillABC NewsA bill proposed this week by several Republicans would add marijuana dispensaries to liquor stores, gun shops and casinos as places where recipients of public assistance payments and food stamps can't use their electronic benefits cards to access cash.and more » More: …

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NC threatened with federal sanctions for food stamp delaysCharlotte ObserverThe U.S. Department of Agriculture has threatened to sanction the state for failing to show it was addressing widespread problems with food stamp applications. The Dec. 11 warning letter came about two months after state Health and Human Services … More: …