GOP budget slashes spending, aid to poor

WASHINGTON (AP) – A budget plan stuffed with familiar proposals to cut across a wide swath of the federal budget got a vote of confidence from the House GOP's top vote counter Wednesday and was steaming through the Budget Committee. Democrats assaulted its sharp cuts to health care coverage for …

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Group Works to Save Post Office – KVRR

Group Works to Save Post OfficeKVRRKim is part of the concerned citizens group fighting to make sure their small town post office doesn't face cuts in October including reduced service hours, and losing their postmaster to part-time staff. "We feel it's necessary to have a post office… More: continued here

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NC meets deadline on food stamps – The Robesonian

WCTI12.com NC meets deadline on food stampsThe RobesonianLUMBERTON —The Robeson County Department of Social Services cleared its backlog of outstanding food stamp applications days before a federally mandated deadline, according to the director of the local program. “We were caught up Friday,” said …Guilford County DSS director out, state expecting to …

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Cable pressed on Royal Mail sale – The Courier

The Courier Cable pressed on Royal Mail saleThe CourierThe Government has been urged to clarify a number of "unanswered" questions on its controversial privatisation of Royal Mail as the coalition continued to face attacks over the sell-off. Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna said 16 priority investors … More: continued here

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