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Town Hall By the Way, Food Stamp Usage is Still on the RiseTown HallFood-stamp use rose 2.4% in the U.S. in May from a year earlier, with more than 15% of the U.S. population receiving benefits. One of the federal government's biggest social welfare programs, which expanded when the economy …

Food banks affected by system delays for food stampsWSOC CharlotteRowan County's Department of Social Services said about 950 families have gone without food stamps for several weeks now due to system delays. About 30 families have been waiting longer than that. Volunteers stocked the shelves Monday at Rowan … More: continued …

Cuts for Food Stamps, More Welfare for FarmersBloomberg (blog)The House now is considering legislation that cuts $40 billion from food stamps during the next decade. The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities estimates that as many as 4 million people would be dropped from the program, which now has more …

Food Stamp Reform: One Congressman's TakePatch.comEditor's note: In September, the U.S. House of Representatives plans to take up the discussion of reforms to federal nutrition assistance programs, including food stamps. U.S. Rep. Jack Kingston (R-Savannah) is pushing legislation that would institute … More: continued here

Veteran running back Jon Cornish was named the league's offensive player and Canadian player of the week after leading the Calgary Stampeders past the previously unbeaten Saskatchewan Roughriders. More: continued here

Kansas NFO supports keeping food stamps in farm billMidwest Producer"Kansas NFO is concerned that separating the SNAP food stamp program from the farm bill may open the door to possible cuts in risk management and crop insurance market based programs which have worked well", said NFO grain marketing specialist … More: …

PolicyMic Fox News Blatantly Lies About Food Stamps in This Ridiculous Faux-DocumentaryPolicyMicGreenslate, interviewed as part of a Fox documentary entitled The Great Food Stamp Binge, is quoted as bragging about his lackadaisical lifestyle, full of lobster dinners and shameless flirting, all while living on the government's tab. It was an …

International Business Times Rare Canadian Stamp Found, Two-Cent 'Large Queen' On Laid Paper Worth $1 …International Business TimesConsidered Canada's rarest stamp, only two known copies of the two cent “large Queen on laid paper” were known until an American stamp hobbyist revealed the discovery of the third copy of the …

Food stamp cuts to hit 250000 in UtahDesert Valley TimesGinette Bott, Utah Food Bank's chief marketing officer, said her agency is monitoring looming cuts to food stamps and any other programs to predict whether more Utah families may seek help. “It is important to us to be prepared to meet …

U.S. News & World Report (blog) The GOP Ignores Real Spending Problems While Trying to Cut Food StampsU.S. News & World Report (blog)After Congress' August recess, House Majority leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., and Agriculture Committee Chair Frank Lucas, R-Okla., plan to introduce a 10-year, $40 billion cut to the food …