stamps

Stimulus to boost state food stamp benefitsTimes-West Virginian, WVBy Jake Stump CHARLESTON — West Virginia food stamp recipients are getting a 13.6 percent increase in their monthly allotments beginning this month, officials said. The average household on food stamp rolls in the state had been drawing $204.08 a month …Cash to …

Food stamp ponzi schemeTimes-Standard, CAWithout a doubt, your article “Food bank uses food stamps to boost economy” is the most bewildering distortion of facts, mathematics and just plain, common sense that I have ever seen committed to print. The article completely ignores the fact that in … More: continued here

Cash to Va. from stimulus package goes far beyond $4.8 billion …Richmond Times Dispatch, VAThe increase in food-stamp benefits will mean an additional $32 a month for the typical Virginia household on food stamps, according to state officials, and advocates say every dollar in food stamps will generate up to $1.84 …

Nebraska's paper food stamps no good after June 17KMEG 14, IA(AP) – Nebraskans who still have paper food stamps are urged to use them before June 17. The state Department of Health and Human Service says that's when retail stores will no longer be accepting the coupons. Paper food stamps have …

Last of pack-rat stamp collector’s treasures sold at Alta. auctionCanada.com, CanadaBy David Finlayson, Canwest News ServiceMarch 28, 2009 11:45 PM EDMONTON — Ian Wright spent $9000 Saturday buying four boxes filled with thousands of stamps and envelopes. A lot of money, to be sure. But with the Edmonton Stamp Club estimating …

MLive.com Byron Township businessmen get top Michigan awardMLive.com, MIIn 1998, deboer, Emaus and Rabourn were working together for L&L/Jiroch, a wholesale grocery supplier that put tax stamps on packs of cigarettes. deboer saw an opportunity to improve the stamping process and asked Rabourn and Emaus to join him as … More: …

Idaho to dump assets test to expand food stampsKPVI-TV, IDAP – March 27, 2009 1:24 PM ET BOISE, Idaho (AP) – Idaho will let more people in the swelling ranks of the unemployed get food stamps by temporarily dumping a requirement they first drain savings and sell valuables including boats, RVs, …

Food stamp benefits will increase to help people in the tough economy, state Department of Health and Human Services announced Friday. … More: continued here

STOCKTON – A smoke shop owner, his brother and daughter face federal charges for allegedly redeeming $2 million in food stamps they bought at half their face value. A joint investigation by the USDA and IRS alleges that for five years 51-year-old Ahmad Khan and 48-year-old Mumraiz Khan used the …

Nearly one out of four Jefferson County residents needs food stamps to get by as the economic slump’s ripple effects spread far, wide. More: continued here