GoLocalProv Cuts To Food Stamps Taking New Form, Eliminating Heating Subsidies LoopholeFiredoglakeWhile Congress may be interested in blowing over $600 billion to subsidize defense contractors in fighting the non-existent Soviet Union, the food stamp program is facing the knife. Now you might note that the Pentagon can't account for trillions (with …How Democrats Plan to…
The women of Bethesda are back where they belong. For more than 70 years, a mural depicting the Montgomery County Farm Women’s Cooperative Market hung above the customer service desk at the post office on Wisconsin Avenue. More: continued here
Fox Baltimore How late can you mail holiday cards, packages? Post office deadlines, tips for …Plain DealerIt's a busy time for customers but also for the post office, which has to ship boxes, tubes, containers and other packages all over the country. You think people just send toys? David Van Allen, regional spokesman for USPS…
WH Holiday Cards Selling for $200 on eBayThe Weekly Standard (blog)The White House has not even officially introduced the 2013 White House Holiday Card yet and already Monday night copies were listed for sale on eBay for as much as $200. The card is quite elaborate based on the standards of previous years. Though the …and…
The Guardian Royal Mail workers win pay increase of 9% over three yearsThe GuardianRoyal Mail staff will get a pay increase of more than 9% over three years after the company and its union announced what they said was a groundbreaking legal agreement on industrial relations at the newly privatised company. The deal was announced…
WISH Food stamps distribution dates change in JanuaryFort Wayne Journal GazetteINDIANAPOLIS – Almost a million Hoosiers receiving food stamps will see the date they receive benefits shift in January under a new law. The amount of the benefits will not change. The monthly average for a household of two is about $291. But the date…
Royal Mail agrees to 9 percent staff pay rise over three yearsReuters UKLONDON (Reuters) – Britain's newly privatised Royal Mail said on Monday it had agreed with union members to a 9.06 percent staff pay rise over the next three years. Royal Mail and the Communication Workers Union (CWU), which represents the majority of … More:…
Royal Mail agrees workers' pay rise with CWUHerald ScotlandROYAL Mail workers will receive a three-year pay rise worth around 9% and legally-binding employment protections under a "landmark" agreement. ROYAL Mail workers will receive a three-year pay rise worth around 9% and legally-binding employment … More: continued here
Almost a million Hoosiers receiving food stamps will see the date they receive benefits shift in January under a new law. The amount of the benefits will not change. The monthly average for a household of two is about $291. More: continued here
Councilors Argue Whether STEAP Grant Should go or Fields or Post OfficePatch.comThe South Windsor Town Council tabled a discussion on whether to apply for a Small Town Economic Assistance Program grant to renovate the old post office for use as an emergency operations center and business incubator space Monday night. Councilor … More: continued here