Washington Post (blog) 47M Americans hit by food stamp cuts starting todayUSA TODAYFood stamp benefits will be cut to more than 47 million Americans starting Friday as a temporary boost to the federal program comes to an end without a new budget from a deadlocked Congress to replace it. Under …
Read More »Santa Claus, Ind., post office releases special holiday postmark for Christmas season
The post office in the Spencer County, Ind., town that bears the name of Christmas’ famous gift giver on Friday unveiled this year’s custom postmark that will be available for letters and cards. More: continued here
Read More »Post Office strike off amid talks
A planned one-day strike on Monday over jobs and pay by staff working at larger Post Office branches is called off. More: continued here
Read More »Families receive 5 percent less in food stamps
Reductions are a result of the expiration of a provision in 2009 stimulus legislation. More: continued here
Read More »Food stamps: why cuts affecting 48 million Americans begin Friday
Food stamps cuts on Friday amount to $5 billion, and additional cuts could occur via a farm bill. More Americans are on food stamps than at almost any other point in the past decade. More: continued here
Read More »What $36 means to a family on food stamps
Starting today, families who depend on food stamps will see their benefits cut as $5 billion in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) expires. And those aren't even the only cuts coming to SNAP. Eventually, Congress will pass a new farm bill with revised SNAP spending. So, what …
Read More »Millions Face Cuts to Food Stamps
Today begins a $5 billion reduction in federal benefits, but Congress's slashing isn't close to done yet More: continued here
Read More »West Point gets village post office
Residents here are getting their very own post office, albeit a smaller, informal one, with Willingham General Store owner Wayne Willingham playing the role of “postmaster.” More: continued here
Read More »Cut in food stamps to hit low-income Americans today
WASHINGTON/LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – One of every seven Americans will take a hit on Friday when a $5 billion cut in food stamps, the first across-the-board reduction in the history of the decades-old federal program, takes effect. More: continued here
Read More »Beaver Post Office reducing hours: Will go to two hours a day in 2014
BEAVER — Following a public meeting on Oct. 24, the U.S. Postal Service announced the Beaver Post Office will reduce its weekday hours to two hours a day, starting Jan. 11, 2014. The open window… More: continued here
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