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Gridlock in Congress keeps food stamp funding higher in OregonOregonLive.comA recent analysis of a state jobs program found that 74 percent of its participants got jobs and got off cash welfare assistance, but only 22 percent were able to get off food stamps because they jobs they got were low-paying. …

WRGB Police: Woman offers rare stamps for husband's deathwtvr.comNEW YORK (CNN) — A Brooklyn woman is facing conspiracy and solicitation charges after allegedly offering an undercover police officer $60,000 worth of rare postage stamps to kill her husband, the New York Police Department says. Elena Sava-Adams, 57 …Woman Offers Rare Stamps …

CEOs should pay for their employee food stamps, MedicaidDeseret NewsI found the "Food Stamp Fraud: Big problem or exaggeration?"(Aug. 29) article interesting in that it based so much importance on the increased number of participants since 2008. Well, what happened in '08? The bigger fraud has been what has happened …

THE BUREAU of Internal Revenue (BIR) wants to expand its security tax stamp project to cover distilled spirits by next year, in compliance with the new “sin” tax law signed in 2012, an official said last week. More: continued here

Go Stamps Go! Dana, 21 is showing her Stamps Spirit to cheer on the Red & White at the Labour Day Classic game against the pesky Eskimos. Stuart Dryden/Calgary Sun/QMI Agency More: continued here

Kansas City Star Single mother aims for life without food stampsKansas City StarChacon said she understands why lawmakers and others might criticize some people on food stamps. “I understand if people are just constantly on it all the time and they never get off it and basically live off of …

Kansas has one of lowest food stamps participation ratesKansas.comJust 69 percent of Kansans considered eligible for food stamps are signed up for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, one of the lowest rates in the nation. State officials can't say why that is, but it is clear that Kansas has not …

Kansas, Missouri played key roles in food stamps historyKansas.comFormer Kansas Sen. Bob Dole helped father the modern food stamps program in the 1970s and supported a “marriage of convenience” by putting both crop subsidies for farmers and food for the poor in the farm bill. For decades, urban politicians voted …

Kansas City Star Kansas has a front row seat in the food stamp fightKansas City Star36 in the average amount given to SNAP recipients, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, even though Kansas is a low-wage state where food stamps might be particularly needed. At the same time, the state's …

Test your knowledge of what food stamps can buyKansas City StarA lot of people use food stamps for cigarettes and booze. False. Contrary to popular belief, the cards are not good for beer, wine, liquor or tobacco. They can be used to buy bread, cereal, fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, poultry …