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Postal pointers: Civil War stamps commemorate 150th anniversaryLehigh Acres CitizenThe U.S. Postal Service has issued a Civil War: 1863 Forever postal stamp. It was introduced on May 23 in Vicksburg, Miss., at the Vicksburg National Military Park and at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pa. The Forever stamps …

Philly.com Food Stamp Trafficking: Who's in on the Act?Fox BusinessJust last month, a dollar store owner was arrested in New Jersey for money laundering, theft by deception, and food stamp fraud. Muhammed Farooq, owner of four dollar stores in both Essex and Union Counties, and allegedly allowed patrons to buy …

Change your current location »Patriot-NewsThe federal government has told Pennsylvania officials that they must speed up the process for approving food stamp applications. See the story in The Philadelphia Inquirer. A mental health expert testified Tuesday that Pennsylvania's health care laws … More: continued here

Food stamps are target from DC to ColumbiaThe Tand D.comFirst, there is the matter of just who is benefitting from food stamps. A 2012 USDA report found that 47 percent of those benefitting from the SNAP program are children. In 2011, 3.9 million American families with young children were “food …

CBS News No food stamps for soft drinks? This time, yesThe Courier-ExpressAha, but now comes Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter, joining Bloomberg and 16 other mayors, proposing that we (the federal government) should tell people they cannot buy carbonated, sugar-laced soft drinks with federal "food stamp" money (the name …Credibility of Bloomberg …

It’s been four years since the recovery began, but for millions of people it never did. Jobs are still hard to come by, and policymakers have mostly given up trying to make them less so. But even worse … More: continued here

Food stamps are target from DC to ColumbiaThe Times and DemocratFirst, there is the matter of just who is benefitting from food stamps. A 2012 USDA report found that 47 percent of those benefitting from the SNAP program are children. In 2011, 3.9 million American families with young children were …

The Atlantic The Crazy Republican War on Food StampsThe AtlanticThe farm bill failed in the House last week after conservative Republicans revolted over what they thought were too-small cuts, and liberal Democrats did over what they thought were too-big cuts to food stamps. As Josh Barro of Business Insider points …

UPI.com House to consider cuts to food stampsLas Vegas SunA wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program. Passage of the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill could …

Philly.com Pennsylvania lags in food-stamp approvalsPhilly.comAlready under scrutiny for taking too long to process unemployment checks and home-energy assistance claims, Pennsylvania is also too slow in approving food-stamp applications, compelling the federal government to order the state to improve its …Washington's hunger gamesSocialist Worker Onlineall 4 news articles » More: continued here