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Food stamp use rises in Windham County
Brattleboro Reformer The use of food stamps in Windham County increased during the recession, assisting families in stretching their food dollars, contributing to local spending and helping spark a national debate about the future of the federal nutrition program. The … |
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CNET All the Star Trek captains boldly go onto postage stampsCNETCanada Post also issued a stamp of the Borg cube and one of the shuttle Galileo. This is the second year that the postal service has offered Trek-themed stamps. Last year's batch was to celebrate the show's 50th anniversary. The US Postal Service also …More Star…
CBS Local Las Vegas Entertainers Introduce Postage StampCBS Local(Las Vegas, NV) – A new postage stamp will help save animals facing extinction. Las Vegas illusionists Siegfried and Roy helped announce the new “Save Vanishing Species” stamp yesterday. Proceeds from the 55-cent stamps will go to the Multinational …Siegfried and Roy release a new stamp for…
Washington Post Trump official in charge of food stamps departs from Trump's plan to gut the programWashington PostAgriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue is departing from the president's plan to overhaul U.S. food aid, reaffirming on Wednesday that he still does not believe the food stamp system is “broken” or requires any fundamental change. Instead, Perdue believes…
State food-stamp program getting a boost from federal stimulus planWinston-Salem Journal, NCBy Journal Staff RALEIGH – The state's food-stamp program will receive $145 million in additional funding over the next six months from the federal stimulus plan, the NC Justice Center said yesterday. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act is … More: continued here
Groups plan to disperse unclaimed food stampsDaytona Beach News-JournalAccording to the program's website — mobilebenefitsprogram.org — the food stamp money goes unclaimed for several reasons: lack of transportation to … More: continued here
USPS responds to national outrage over new holiday stampsBizPac ReviewYou would certainly think America now celebrates some kind of holy gingerbread bread house holiday if you saw the United States Postal Service mailer recently sent out featuring the new 2013 holiday stamps available for purchase. A Twitter user saw the … More: continued here