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Education key to narrowing Oklahoma's poverty gap
NewsOK.com AN Associated Press report this week about new US Census Bureau data said that across America, requests for food stamps"have reached a record high and the … |
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Stamps honor black iconsStockton RecordThe U.S. Postal Service for years has been releasing sets of stamps to educate and inspire. Last year, it released stamps commemorating the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation by President Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 1, 1863, and the 1963 March on … More: continued here
In the face of potential cuts, the federal official overseeing the country’s food stamps program said Thursday that people are still struggling economically and need the help. More: continued here
NEW YORK — The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis and 14 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. More: continued here
Philly.com Computer outage causes interruption in use of food-stamp benefitsWashington PostPeople in 17 states, including Maryland and Virginia, who tried to buy groceries using electronic food-stamp cards were turned away from supermarkets Saturday as a result of a computer outage. The system failure affected low-income individuals and …Access restored for food stamp users, Xerox saysUSA…
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog) New Jersey Legislature should approve bills to help ex-cons stay out of prisonThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)And they can be barred from obtaining food stamps, public housing, and job training programs. The result is predictable. Roughly two-thirds of released … More: continued here
Blackwater repaired its trucks immediately after a deadly September shooting in Baghdad, making it difficult to determine whether enemy gunfire provoked the attack, sources close to an inquiry say. More: continued here