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Work requirement would reduce food stamp eligible by halfLeader-TelegramMADISON (AP) — A proposed work requirement for food stamps recipients in Wisconsin is projected to knock half of the people off the program. Gov. Scott Walker's proposal is scheduled to be voted on Tuesday by the Legislature's Joint Finance Committee.and more » …

Waterville school board stamps $20.6M budget, but fears the unknownMorning SentinelWATERVILLE — The Board of Education on Monday night voted 6-0 to approve a proposed $20.3 million school budget for 2013-14. But members expressed concern about approving a budget while not knowing whether the schools will have to fund part …

San Francisco Chronicle Food stamps fight: 8 things you need to knowBerkshire EagleSenate Agriculture Committee member Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, voices his concerns as lawmakers begin mark up on the Farm Bill, officially known as the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, on Capitol …

Town Hall Food stamps fight: 8 things you need to knowThe SunSenate Agriculture Committee member Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, voices his concerns as lawmakers begin mark up on the Farm Bill, officially known as the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, on Capitol Hill …

Waterville board stamps $20.6M budget, but fears the unknownMorning SentinelWATERVILLE — The Board of Education on Monday night voted 6-0 to approve a proposed $20.3 million school budget for 2013-14. But members expressed concern about approving a budget while not knowing whether the schools will have to fund part of …

There Was a Time When Ending Hunger Was a National Goal for Republicans …New York Times“That hunger and malnutrition should persist in a land such as ours is embarrassing and intolerable.” So declared Richard Nixon in May 1969 in his now widely forgotten “Special Message to the Congress Recommending a …

First Coast News Pet Food Stamps, Jacksonville Pet Food Bank available to help feed your petFirst Coast NewsIn New York, a nonprofit started the National Pet Food Stamps program, available to anyone in the U.S.. In Jacksonville, the Pet Food Bank was created to meet the needs of Duval County. …

Quick, cost effective measures eliminate food-stamp fraud – Standard-ExaminerStandardNetRecently my senior English students completed an argumentative research assignment. The assignment was to find something in the community they felt needed to change, research it and present an argument for or against it. A group of students addressed … More: continued …

Report: Job training rule for food stamps would trim rolls by halfMilwaukee Journal SentinelMadison — Requiring basic job training from able-bodied participants in the state's food stamp program would cause about half of them to drop out of the program — a total of tens of thousands of people statewide …

Food-stamps fight: 8 things you need to knowA political fight is brewing over food stamps.As the number of recipients of federal food aid has increased in recent years, some in Congress are questioning the spending.The fight will soon boil over as Congress debates how much to cut food stamps in …