MyFoxOrlando.com Crist told that food stamps will create jobsThe News-Press, FLBy Bill Cotterell • The News-Press Capital Bureau • April 3, 2009 TALLAHASSEE – The economic hard times driving thousands of families onto food stamps will have beneficial ripple effects in creating jobs, the head of Florida's major welfare agency told …
Read More »Record number of Oklahomans receive food stamps in March – Tulsa World
Record number of Oklahomans receive food stamps in MarchTulsa World, OKBy GINNIE GRAHAM World Staff Writer Record highs continue to be set in Oklahoma’s food-stamp program as 1.3 percent more residents qualified for the assistance program last month, according to the state Department of Human Services. … More: continued here
Read More »The Simpsons on postage stamps? D’oh! (Sky News Australia)
The Simpsons, the bumbling but lovable American cartoon family, will appear on postage stamps. More: continued here
Read More »Ex-addict says drug testing for food stamps could have helped him beat habit (Charleston Daily Mail)
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Brian Caldwell never faced much trouble scoring illegal drugs, especially if he hadnt used his monthly allotment of food stamps. For $100 in food stamps, he could easily get $50 worth of drugs. But that much in meth, usually his dr… More: continued here
Read More »One in 10 Americans, including 2.2 million New Yorkers, received SNAP/food stamps in January (New York Daily News)
One in ten Americans – that’s 32.2 million people – received food stamps, the government said on Thursday. More: continued here
Read More »One in 10 Americans receiving food stamps (South County Spotlight)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A record 32.2 million people — one in every 10 Americans — received food stamps at latest count, the government said on Thursday, a reflection of the recession now in its 16th month. More: continued here
Read More »Stamps To Go Up Next Month – WVNS-TV
WVNS-TV Stamps To Go Up Next MonthWVNS-TV, WVNext month, the post office reports, the price of stamps will increase by two cents. Stamps will be changing from 42 to 44 cents as of May 11th. That will change the price per book of stamps to 8 dollars and 80 cents. But …
Read More »Apartment Building Sales, Prices Down, Food Stamp Use Up – AHN
Apartment Building Sales, Prices Down, Food Stamp Use UpAHNNew York, NY (AHN) – Apartment buildings in Manhattan are selling for about 20 percent less than a year ago, if they sell at all, but food stamp use is up in New York and elsewhere. First quarter sales figures show that …
Read More »Stamps To Go Up Next Month – WVNS
Stamps To Go Up Next MonthWVNS, WVNext month, the post office reports, the price of stamps will increase by two cents. Stamps will be changing from 42 to 44 cents as of May 11th. That will change the price per book of stamps to 8 dollars and 80 cents. But postal …
Read More »DPRK issues stamps marking world stamp exhibition (People’s Daily)
The Democratic People’s Republicof Korea has issued two stamp sheets marking an upcoming world stamp exhibition, the official KCNA news agency said Thursday. One sheet includes stamps featuring chrysanthemums and peonies. The other features the Taesong Hall of Songgyungwan, a cultural relic in southern DPRK, and Baima ( white horse) …
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