More Illinois families get food stamps
More Illinois families are receiving food stamps than ever before as a result of the deepest recession in decades, state officials said Monday.
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More Illinois families are receiving food stamps than ever before as a result of the deepest recession in decades, state officials said Monday.
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New York Times Applying for Food Stamps in New York? There's an App for ThatNew York TimesThe app, which was designed with the help of a $1.5 million grant from the federal Agriculture Department and tested with food stamps recipients, makes it easier for those seeking benefits to keep up-to-date, so they do not miss…
DSU Theater explores the seedy underbelly of stamp collectingDickinson PressDickinson State University Theater's final play performance of the 2009-10 season is “Mauritius,” a comic look at the seedy underbelly of stamp collecting. … More: continued here
The New Food Economy On days food stamps are issued, grocery stores push soda sales—but only in low-income neighborhoodsThe New Food EconomyA new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine indicates that retailers are more likely to market soda during the days of the month when people receive money from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance…
Stamping out corruption: Buhari launches four special postage stampsVanguardFOR nearly two decades now, new technologies have relegated the postal services in Nigeria to the back burner. Mailing services, courier services and postage stamps have been overtaken by emails, text messages and instant messaging services, most of …and more » More: continued here
MLive.com More working families are getting food stampsMLive.comA record 42 million Americans rely on food stamps to keep hunger at bay, according to a story from the Associated Press. The increase comes as states have …and more » More: continued here
The theft of a credit card and a food-stamp card from a vehicle on the East Side is the crime of the week in the Crime Stoppers program. A wallet containing the cards was stolen about 5 p.m. Feb. 9. A woman used the stolen cards that day at a Columbus Walgreens store. More: continued…