BOSTON (AP) — Massachusetts joined several other states Tuesday in moving to preserve food assistance benefits for households that would otherwise be reduced under a recently approved federal farm bill.
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State briefs: Dec. 31, 2008Charleston Gazette, USA –11 hours agoThe first black attorney licensed in West Virginia is among a dozen civil rights pioneers being honored on a set of US stamps. … More: continued here
Kansas City Star Single mother aims for life without food stampsKansas City StarChacon said she understands why lawmakers and others might criticize some people on food stamps. “I understand if people are just constantly on it all the time and they never get off it and basically live off of it” for years, she said….
Drug testing for food stamps, and 10 other GOP amendments to the farm billMSNBCThe House of Representatives takes up debate on the Farm bill Tuesday, which in its current form cuts $20.5 billion from the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), better known as food stamps. Twenty-six Democrats took the “food stamp … More: continued here
New stamps honor America's early space exploration; Another possible delay for …FOX11AZ.comA couple of new stamps offered by the postal service are out of this world. Wednesday the Tucson postal museum honored 50 years of space flight by unveiling the new stamps with astronaut Alan Shephard on one and the project Mercury on the other….
MinnPost Self-described millionaire collected thousands in food stamps to make point about SNAPMinnesota Public Radio NewsRob Undersander, a self-described millionaire says he legally qualified for food stamps and took them to prove the system is vulnerable to abuse. Undersander, who lives in Waite Park, Minn., told a legislative committee Wednesday that he and his wife…