Man goes on to court on food stamp fraudkfor.comGUTHRIE, OK — In the past fiscal year, 6,600 cases of food stamp fraud were reported in Oklahoma. 40 percent of those were from anonymous tips. It was one of those tips that led to the arrest of a Guthrie convenience store …
Read More »No soda for food stamps? Don’t whine about free meals. (Column) – Torrington Register Citizen
No soda for food stamps? Don't whine about free meals. (Column)Torrington Register CitizenNot surprisingly, many in the food stamp program have expressed righteous indignation with the mayors' proposal, as have numerous advocacy groups. (Help me out with that one. Why do we need advocates for people receiving free food? Only …
Read More »Don’t take food stamps off table – Great Falls Tribune
Don't take food stamps off tableGreat Falls TribuneThe Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program — SNAP, formerly known as Food Stamps— combats this problem. In January, SNAP helped roughly 129,000 Montanans put food on their tables, including 54,000 children and 9,000 seniors. SNAP does …No soda for food stamps? Don't whine about free …
Read More »Letters | Equality, private prisons, food stamps – The Courier-Journal
Letters | Equality, private prisons, food stampsThe Courier-JournalThe blaring alarm at the beginning of Richard Wright's 1940 novel “Native Son” is intended as a wake-up call to Americans sleeping to the realities of discrimination faced by blacks in our country. That alarm continues to sound to the atrocities …and more » …
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A debate over whether food stamps should cover soda pits public health officials against their anti-hunger allies More: continued here
Read More »Ask Babe: Will collector’s Sunoco stamps mean big returns? – The Republic
Ask Babe: Will collector's Sunoco stamps mean big returns?The RepublicThe stamps feature a number of pre-rookies who, at the time, had yet to appear on a Topps card. In the main set, these include Roger Staubach, John Riggins, Jack Hamm and Ted Hendricks among others. The top pre-rookie in the …
Read More »No soda for food stamps? Don’t whine about free meals. (Column) – York Daily Record
No soda for food stamps? Don't whine about free meals. (Column)York Daily RecordCommon sense tells us that those receiving generous SNAP benefits, courtesy of those who actually work for a living, should have no say whatsoever in what they can and cannot buy with food stamps. But too often they …
Read More »Ask Babe: Will collector’s Sunoco stamps mean big returns? – Kitsap Sun
Ask Babe: Will collector's Sunoco stamps mean big returns?Kitsap SunThe stamps feature a number of pre-rookies who, at the time, had yet to appear on a Topps card. In the main set, these include Roger Staubach, John Riggins, Jack Hamm and Ted Hendricks among others. The top pre-rookie in the …
Read More »Poor in Ohio need pantries, food stamps – Columbus Dispatch
Poor in Ohio need pantries, food stampsColumbus DispatchPresident George W. Bush once said compassionate conservatism does not balance the budget on the backs of the poor. The draconian cuts in the SNAP program (food stamps) by the House are neither compassionate nor the conservatism Bush was talking …and more » More: continued …
Read More »New stamp gives Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth another chance to shine – The Forecaster
New stamp gives Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth another chance to shineThe ForecasterThe new stamp is part of a commemorative series called New England Coastal Lighthouses. The series features five different lighthouses from five states, and each location will play host to a stamp dedication ceremony during simultaneous events …
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