Food stamp use in military rises again

Tallahassee.com Man accused of fraudulently receiving $4K in food stampsTallahassee.comA Tallahassee man was arrested Friday in connection with lying about his employment and receiving more than $4,000 in food stamps over a three year span. Howard Mathis, 26, was charged with public assistance fraud. Investigators with the Florida … More: continued here

Pregnant, jobless and faced with rising food costs, Paula Arndt says that food stamps have never seemed so valuable. Her $162 monthly allotment doesn’t stretch very far, especially given the spike in costs at the grocery store. More: continued here

Independent Voter Network California Food Stamps, Welfare Usage Up in Inland EmpireIndependent Voter NetworkRiverside and San Bernardino counties in California, an area known as the Inland Empire, have a higher rate of people on food stamps and welfare than elsewhere in southern California. But the numbers for other counties in the area are hardly …and…

Letters: The food stamp disputeHouston ChronicleTexas HHS food stamp woes are not our only problem. For instance, according to a state-by-state report card on child homelessness by The National Center on … More: continued here

U.S. News & World Report (blog) More Americans Will Use Food Stamps For Thanksgiving This Year Than Ever …U.S. News & World Report (blog)The Food Stamp Challenge, which challenges higher-income families to live as if they are on food stamps, estimates that a person on food stamps has a budget of about $1.25 per meal….

CBC.ca David Cameron meets Burmese President Thein Sein, N-Korea rocket tests, stamps…Coventry TelegraphROYAL Mail has imposed a cap on the number of stamps every shop can buy to ensure it benefits from price rises later this month. The price of first-class stamps will increase from 46p to 60p and second class from 36p to 50p…