Town Hall In Many States You Can Now Use Food Stamps at Taco Bell. Is it Helping YUM …Town Hall“It makes perfect sense to expand a program that's working well in California, Arizona and Michigan, enabling the homeless, elderly and disabled to purchase prepared meals with SNAP benefits in a …
Read More »Casio marries ink stamps and technology
Japan's Casio Computer has found a way to marry Japan's love of ink stamps with its technological wizardry in the form of a desktop device. The "pomrie" gadget uses photographs taken on a smartphone or saved on a computer and makes them into a stamp that will allow users to …
Read More »Walmart: Food stamps spree caused by Xerox
Walmart food stamps recipients empty store shelves in Louisiana recipients after a glitch eliminates spending limits on their debt cards. Outage caused glitch for Walmart food stamps spree, Xerox says, but retailers have procedure for such problems. More: continued here
Read More »Utah families on food stamps could be cut off soon – fox13now.com
Utah families on food stamps could be cut off soonfox13now.comCrossroads says if Utah families don't get food stamps, they'll turn to the local food pantries, which are already strapped due to the government shutdown. Homeless people Fox 13 talked to, some who use SNAP, say losing food stamps would mean …
Read More »Glitch in Food Stamp System Sparks Shopping Spree
Hundreds of folks on food stamps raided the shelves at a Louisiana Wal-mart store when a glitch in the food stamp system allowed unlimited spending. More: continued here
Read More »State contract for cigarette stamps questioned – Grand Haven Tribune
Grand Haven Tribune State contract for cigarette stamps questionedGrand Haven TribuneThe State Administrative Board is poised to approve the Treasury Department's recommendation for a five-year contract with Xerox State & Local Solutions Inc. as early as next week. Xerox would provide 450 million counterfeit-resistant stamps, which are … More: continued here
Read More »Is Harvey Milk Really the First LGBT Person to Get a Stamp? – Slate Magazine (blog)
Slate Magazine (blog) Is Harvey Milk Really the First LGBT Person to Get a Stamp?Slate Magazine (blog)The mail is about to get a little gayer. As the Harvey Milk Foundation and the U.S. Postal Service confirmed last week, pioneer pol (and biopic subject) Harvey Milk will be featured on a …
Read More »A glitch in the payment cards issued to food stamp recipients meant there were … – TIME
WND.com A glitch in the payment cards issued to food stamp recipients meant there were …TIMEA technical glitch that eliminated spending limits on the debit cards used for food stamps set off a bizarre shopping frenzy at Walmart stores in Louisiana on Saturday night, local CBS affiliate KSLA reports. Customers …
Read More »Let’s Move! postage stamps deemed unsafe for kids – Mother Nature Network (blog)
ABC News (blog) Let's Move! postage stamps deemed unsafe for kidsMother Nature Network (blog)There are reports on Obama Foodorama, ABC News and other sources that say the President's Council on Fitness, Sports & Nutrition and a representative from the Let's Move! campaign are concerned that the stamps are unsafe. Their …
Read More »Computer failure temporarily halts some food stamp payments – Fortune
Computer failure temporarily halts some food stamp paymentsFortune(CNN) — A computer failure temporarily halted the processing of food stamp purchases in parts of the country Saturday. A system shutdown began at 11 a.m. ET Saturday and affected 17 states, said a spokeswoman for Xerox — which is a contractor for …
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