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Nooga.com The White House is Wrong on Food StampsNooga.comIt's difficult to understand how further confining food stamp recipients and slicing in half their ability to choose their own food is supposed to encourage them to leave the house, find high paying jobs, and provide for themselves entirely. And …Report: More Than 35000 Retailers Engaged in…

First-Class Stamps To Cost 49 Cents In Late January – WITNWITNMailing a letter is about to get a little more expensive. Regulators on Tuesday approved a temporary price hike of 3 cents for a first-class stamp, bringing the charge to 49 cents a letter in an effort to help the Postal Service recover from severe…

Congress is back in Washington, meaning that the House of Representatives will soon be able to resume its cherished function in our democracy: casting symbolic votes to slash federal spending on the poor. … More: continued here

Third of county residents now receiving food stampsDelmarva NowNearly a third of county residents now receive food stamps, Temporary Assistance to Needy Families and Medicaid, according to recent figures compiled by the Accomack County Department of Social Services and by the state. As of September, 5519 adults …and more » More: continued here

Fast Food Chains Lobby for the Use of Food Stamps in RestaurantsSeattle Post Intelligencer (blog)Brands, the parent company of several national fast food chains, including KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell, is lobbying the Kentucky state government to allow the use of food stamps in its restaurants. If the change in the law passes, Kentucky…

The first of four stamp collections will be released in six languages: Russian, English, French, German, Spanish and Chinese. More: continued here