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WWLP 22News Cuts in food stamps leave more people turning to pantriesTribune-Review1 and cut the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits, formerly known as food stamps, affecting 85,502 households in Allegheny County. Staff at the Greater Pittsburgh Community Food Bank still is working to understand the extent of …"60 percent …

Net Newsledger Canada Post eliminates home delivery, raises stamps to $1 to avoid billion …GlobalPostFaced with an ever-increasing shift to digital technologies and crippling pension payments, Canada Post announced Wednesday that it would eliminate home delivery and raise the price of a stamp to $1. The mail carrier is losing …

Washington Post (blog) Stamp enthusiasts share mixed but passionate views on future of stampsWashington Post (blog)The U.S. Postal Service's watchdog has asked Americans who care about stamps to weigh in on their future: And hundreds have. Since Inspector General David Williams's office asked for opinions on its blog about whether …

A plan to address major financial losses for Canada Post will see door-to-door service end in cities, job cuts and major hikes in the price of stamp from 63 cents to $1. More: continued here

A plan to address major financial losses for Canada Post will see door-to-door service end in cities, job cuts and major hikes in the price of single stamps …from 63 cents to $1. In a five-point Action Plan released today (Wednesday, Dec. 11) Canada Post released its plans to cut …

Newsday Food stamps not the right targetThe Gazette: Eastern Iowa Breaking News and HeadlinesWhile the economy recovers slowly, pulling food stamps from low-wage workers would create more hardship. The working poor are further disadvantaged by the tax system. When they get a decent raise, they lose food stamps while also …

In September, a whopping 359,389 individual recipients were removed from the food stamps program with the current total declining 0.85 percent on a year-over-year basis, the first annual decline seen since early 2007. More: continued here

by Alex Zimmerman Amy Gill's food-stamps account is empty … and it's seven days before it will be replenished. "I'm due for my food stamps at the 9th of the month and I don't have eggs or bread," she says in the waiting area at the Northside Common Ministries food …

National Catholic Reporter (blog) Cardinal O'Malley calls on Congress to support food stampsNational Catholic Reporter (blog)“Our own government is poised to cut back the food stamps and the other programs at a time when more and more people are in need,” O'Malley said in an NCR interview following a noontime …

ThinkProgress Stabenow's Office Says She is Stamping Out “Food Stamp Fraud”BillMoyers.comDebbie Stabenow (D-MI) would agree to cut $8-to-$9 billion more from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as “food stamps.” Stabenow responded to Kaufmann's article, and Kaufmann and two anti-hunger advocates — Joel …The Fine Print In The Coming Bipartisan …