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More Iowans Asking For Food StampsKCCI.comDES MOINES, Iowa — Iowa Department of Human Services officials said Monday that more Iowans are asking for food stamps. Officials said that close to 325000 … More: continued here

Conservative Hypocrisy: Food Stamps Are Hand-Outs to the Lazy … Until I Need …AlterNetThis article on increasing rates of reliance on food stamps illustrates pretty clearly the right-wing mentality when it comes to social programs — any sort …The Food Stamp Belt: Race, politics and poverty in the SouthFacing South …

Iowa Department of Human Services officials said Monday that more Iowans are asking for food stamps. More: continued here

MANILA – A Lausanne-based firm which sent the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) an unsolicited proposal to put tamper-proof security stamps on local sin products has agreed to lower the project cost, a ranking official of the BIR said Monday. More: continued here

Four Kentucky counties rank in the top 25 in the nation for people relying on food stamps. More: continued here

Baltimore News Net Food Stamps In New YorkHuffington Post (blog)That's why I don't get the city's resistance to getting federal food stamps out as fast as possible, particularly in this recession. …Where the biggest jumps in food stamps have beenChristian Science MonitorPaper looks at widening participation in food stamps programCalorieLab …

Flint — Six Flint-area party stores and gas stations paid drug users for food stamps the retailers used to stock their shelves and, in some cases, buy steak and crab leg dinners, police said. More: continued here

Are you are one of thousands of Minnesotans forced by the economy to use food stamps for the first time? If you are willing to talk to a reporter about it, please contact Jim Spencer at 612-673-4029 or 612-270-1266 or jim.spencer@startribune.com. More: continued here

Unemployment continues to rise in the United States, and so does the cost of food stamps. The U.S. Department of Agriculture says one out of eight Americans are using food stamps, and we’re seeing that trend on a local level. More: continued here

Proposed cost of tax stamps on sin products loweredABS CBN NewsMANILA – A Lausanne-based firm which sent the Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) an unsolicited proposal to put tamper-proof security stamps on local sin …and more » More: continued here