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A social landlord in Scotland has become the first in the UK to partner with the Post Office to run its own local branch. More: continued here

Washington Post (blog) Lawmakers reach deal on farm bill that would cut food stamps by 1 percentFox NewsStill unclear, though, was how Republicans would get the votes they needed to pass the final bill on the House floor. The full House rejected an earlier version of the farm bill in …

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Is London's secret railway about to get back on track?Telegraph.co.ukThis subterranean railway is a forgotten relic, opened in 1927 to feed the Royal Mail trains that once criss-crossed the country, immortalised in WH Auden's poem “Night Mail”. After 76 years of service, it fell out of favour and was mothballed …

A group of bipartisan lawmakers on Monday agreed to a deal on a farm bill that would end direct subsidies to farms in favor of crop insurance. More: continued here

Food stamps, farm subsidies to be trimmedWashington TimesHouse and Senate negotiators said Monday they've finally reached an agreement on the long-delayed farm bill, signing a deal that would save $8 billion in the food stamp program and cut $19 billion from farm subsidies — though it preserves both programs. More: …

Gray wants post office named after RednourThe SouthernDU QUOIN — If retired U.S. Congressman Ken Gray can still pull a few strings, the Du Quoin Post Office will bear the name of the city's longtime mayor. Gray sent a letter Jan. 1 to U.S. Rep. William Enyart, D-Belleville, to propose …

A House plan to make major cuts to food stamps would be scaled back under a bipartisan agreement on a massive farm bill, a near end to a fight of more than two years that has threatened to hurt rural lawmakers in an election year. More: continued here

Farm bill deal would cut food stamps, end direct subsidies to farmsfox4kc.comThe changes to food stamps would trim $8 billion from the program over the next 10 years, according to congressional aides. That's less than the $39 billion that Republicans had wanted to cut from the program, but double what …

Locust Gap Post Office temporarily closedNews ItemLOCUST GAP – Postal officials announced Monday the Locust Gap Post Office will be temporarily closed because of a weather-related emergency. It's believed water pipes in the building froze and may have burst, damaging the post office. Until the … More: continued here