PolicyMic Elizabeth Hovde: Cut back on food stamps to stop feeding the not so needyOregonLive.comA misguided someone is leaving fliers in upper-scale Portland neighborhoods, trying to out community members who are on various forms of public assistance — most recently, food stamps. The fliers are signed "Artemis of the Wildland," and while …This Report Contradicts…
Stamp Collecting: US stamps a good way to start collectionState-Journal.comLast month we looked at some approaches local stamp collectors have to our enjoyable and educational hobby. If we focus on stamps of the United States, the various areas of collecting are almost limitless. One advantage of collecting U. S. stamps is … More: continued here
Hollis reader stumps Babe Waxpak with baseball stamp questionNashua TelegraphDear Babe: I was going through a bag of early 1900s postage stamps and came across three baseball cards or stamps of sorts (image attached). They show Jimmy Sheckard of Chicago, Nat., Dots Miller of Pittsburgh, Nat., and Johnny Evers of Chicago, Nat. More: continued here
DYERSBURG, Tenn. — As a self-described "true Southern man" — and reluctant recipient of food stamps — Dustin Rigsby, a struggling mechanic, hunts deer, dove and squirrel to help feed his family. He shops for grocery bargains, cooks budget-stretching stews and limits himself to one meal a day. More: continued here
Kansas delegates: Farm bill, food stamps on tableTopeka Capital JournalHUTCHINSON — U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts told Kansas agricultural leaders Saturday at the state fair that the food stamp program is the “redline” for Democrats in the passage of the farm bill — and that his is crop insurance. The Republican senator said …Kansas senators talk…
The administration of Ohio Gov. John Kasich plans to limit food stamps for more than 130,000 adults in all but a few economically depressed areas starting next year. More: continued here
PolicyMic This Report Contradicts Everything Republicans Have Told You About Food …PolicyMicMuch has been made about the GOP desire to make $40 billion in cuts to the federal food stamp program vital to millions of American children and families, as Congress negotiates over the latest version of the 2013 Farm bill. If preventing wasteful …Elizabeth…
Dear Babe: I was going through a bag of early 1900s postage stamps and came across three baseball cards or stamps of sorts (image attached). They show Jimmy Sheckard of Chicago, Nat., Dots Miller of Pittsburgh, Nat., and Johnny Evers of Chicago, Nat. They are approximately 1 1/2 (inches) by 1 inch in size. They…
Worm: Could YOU live on food stamps?The Wenatchee World OnlineAn Okanogan County organization is challenging residents to try, just try, to live on food stamps for a week. No, Okanogan County Community Action Council does not want you to go out and apply for the federal program now known as SNAP. What executive … More: continued…
COLUMBUS, Ohio – The administration of Ohio Gov. John Kasich (KAY'-sik) plans to limit food stamps for more than 130,000 adults in all but a few economically depressed areas starting next year. More: continued here