Washington Post journalists honored for work on shooting, food stamps, hunger …Washington PostThe Post's Eli Saslow won an award recognizing stories not written on deadline for his narrative, lyrical looks at the impact of food stamps on one town and how a family faced the aftermath the school shooting in …
Read More »Warren’s Post Office Proposal – Dissident Voice
BenefitsPro Warren's Post Office ProposalDissident VoiceHis first article concludes: While the USPS wants to “partner” with big banks, why not, instead, allow community credit unions to use post offices as annexes to provide full, complete, non-usurious neighborhood banking services? This is the type of …Postal Service might send retirees to …
Read More »Food stamp backlog in N.C. still? Really?
OK, so North Carolina isn’t the only state having trouble getting people who qualify for food stamps the assistance they need in a timely fashion. A Wichita Business Journal story this week said some Kansans who qualified for food stamps and who used to get access immediately – often in …
Read More »Boehner Seeks to Keep States From Avoiding Food-Stamp Cut – Bloomberg
NPR Boehner Seeks to Keep States From Avoiding Food-Stamp CutBloombergHouse Republicans should act to block states from avoiding $8.6 billion in food-stamp cuts lawmakers enacted last month, House Speaker John Boehner said. “Since the passage of the farm bill, states have found ways to cheat, once again, on signing up …Boehner …
Read More »Boehner Seeks to Keep States From Avoiding Food-Stamp Cut
House Republicans should act to block states from avoiding $8.6 billion in food-stamp cuts lawmakers enacted last month, House Speaker John Boehner said. "Since the passage of the farm bill, states have found ways to cheat, once again, on signing up people for food stamps," Boehner told reporters today in …
Read More »Post office dedicates new Jimi Hendrix stamp at SXSW concert – Austin Business Journal (blog)
Billboard Post office dedicates new Jimi Hendrix stamp at SXSW concertAustin Business Journal (blog)Joseph Corbett, chief financial officer and executive vice president of the U.S. Postal Service was expected to join Janie Hendrix, sister of the guitarist, at a dedication ceremony at Butler Park Thursday evening, followed by a tribute …
Read More »Breast cancer patient treatment in limbo after FedEx loses sample
Marlene Van Duyne is frustrated. She was recently diagnosed with breast cancer, and a test to determine if she needs… More: continued here
Read More »Post Office Pies opens in Avondale – Birmingham Business Journal (blog)
Post Office Pies opens in AvondaleBirmingham Business Journal (blog)The new neighborhood pizza joint is Post Office Pies, owned and operated by the same team that runs Saw's Soul Kitchen located next door. The owners first announced their plans in November of 2013 to open the restaurant in the former Avondale …
Read More »Food stamps: Oregon becomes fourth state to avoid farm bill cuts – The Oregonian
Food stamps: Oregon becomes fourth state to avoid farm bill cutsThe OregonianThe farm bill included cuts to food stamps through a program called “Heat and Eat” that's used in 15 states. Participants who received at least $1 a year in federal energy assistance also got an increase in food stamps. …
Read More »Historic post office, promenade building landmarked – Santa Monica Daily Press
Historic post office, promenade building landmarkedSanta Monica Daily PressDOWNTOWN — The historic Downtown post office, which served Santa Monicans from 1938 until it was shuttered by the feds for cash in June of last year, is now a city landmark. The New Deal-era building, noted for its representation of the …
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