Jewish Telegraphic Agency How the Chabad rebbe helped create food stamps, and other Jewish Medal of …Jewish Telegraphic AgencyBarack Obama got a big laugh at the Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony on Tuesday when he pretended not to know Barbra Streisand was Jewish. It was just one of many Jewish moments in one of the…
WZZM Food stamps illegally traded for cash, candles, phonesWZZM(WZZM) — A family-run grocery in Oceana County illegally collected more than $722,000 by allowing customers to exchange food stamp benefits for cash and ineligible items ranging from candles to cell phones, a federal indictment says. The owner of La … More: continued here
Feds: Georgia must process food stamps for Syrian refugeesWSB AtlantaJessica Shahin, associate administrator of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, sent a letter Wednesday to Bobby Cagle, director of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, which administers the food stamp program in the state. Gov. More: continued here
Feds Warn Georgia Over Denying Syrian Refugees Food StampsHuffington PostWASHINGTON — The Obama administration has put the state of Georgia on notice for its refusal to let Syrian refugees have food stamps. Earlier this month, Georgia Gov. Nathan Deal (R) issued an executive order instructing state agencies not to …and more » More: continued here
International Business Times Thanksgiving On Food Stamps: Republican Presidential Candidates See Different …International Business TimesWhile Democrats largely embrace the social welfare program known colloquially as “food stamps,” Republican presidential candidates like front-runner Donald Trump, Ben Carson and Florida Sen. Marco Rubio have described the program's shortcomings …and more » More: continued here
WXIA-TV The Investigators question spending at food stamp officeWXIA-TVThe Atlanta office is occupied by the southeast regional administrator for the Food and Nutrition Service, a division of the US Department of Agriculture that oversees food stamps and school lunch programs throughout the region. Robin Bailey was … More: continued here
Wall Street Journal Maine Wants Candy, Soda Excluded From Food StampsWall Street JournalAs American families plan their holiday meals, officials in Maine would be thankful if they could stop thousands of residents from using food stamps to add soft drinks and candy to their menus. The New England state is one of several locales that…
Linn’s Stamp News The Kingdom of Cod islands: stamps of St. Pierre & Miquelon to 1957Linn’s Stamp NewsThe first pictorial stamps issued for St. Pierre & Miquelon (1909-1930) feature a bearded fisherman; a fulmar petrel, a type of seabird, in flight over the sea; and a vignette of a fishing schooner framed by clamshells and…
Bosnia and Herzegovina's ethnic regions continue to issue their own stampsLinn’s Stamp NewsIn a recent letter to the editor, reader Richard L. Reese asks why Linn's senior editor Denise McCarty referred to a stamp-issuing area of Bosnia and Herzegovina as the Muslim government. He asks if there is “anti-Muslim sentiment in the stamp… More: continued…
Crux: Covering all things Catholic Vatican Christmas stamps feature — surprise! — the Holy FamilyCrux: Covering all things CatholicThe special edition stamps went on sale Nov. 19 in two denominations of 80 euro cents and 95 euro cents in sheets of 10. The Vatican post office and Philatelic and Numismatic Office also offer a collector's…