Customers lament planned closure of Glenoaks post officeBurbank LeaderPost office customers on Friday lamented the planned closing the Glenoaks branch in Burbank, a cost-cutting move announced earlier in the day by the U.S. Postal Service. For more than 13 years, Angela Holmes, 50, and her mother both had P.O. Boxes …
Read More »Political Notebook: Border, food stamps and tweets – U-T San Diego
Political Notebook: Border, food stamps and tweetsU-T San DiegoAs the U.S. House of Representatives and Senate continue debating a sweeping overhaul of the nation's immigration policies, Rep. Duncan Hunter is preparing to host lawmakers on a tour of the border with Mexico. Hunter, R-Alpine, says San Diego County …and more » More: …
Read More »Food Stamp Cuts Derail Farm Bill – Huffington Post
Food Stamp Cuts Derail Farm BillHuffington PostWASHINGTON — Republican and Democratic leaders waged a blame game Thursday after GOP-backed cuts to food stamps unexpectedly derailed a trillion-dollar piece of legislation known as the farm bill. The bill's stunning failure sets back for a second … More: continued here
Read More »Conservatives”Overreach’ on Food Stamps Spells Doom for the Farm Bill in the … – National Journal (blog)
Conservatives' 'Overreach' on Food Stamps Spells Doom for the Farm Bill in the …National Journal (blog)Steve Southerland, R-Fla., to give states the option of imposing work requirements on recipients of food stamps, a kind of sick buzz filled the chamber and House Agriculture Committee Chairman Frank Lucas, R-Okla., moved to …
Read More »Royal Mail secures High Court DSA boycott reprieve – printweek.com
Royal Mail secures High Court DSA boycott reprieveprintweek.comA union spokeswoman said: "Royal Mail had already given notice they intended take this court action before they knew the result of the ballot. It was very jumpy about the boycott element of the ballot. "In effect they tried to take out an …
Read More »Attorney general’s office files lawsuit against air-duct cleaner – Denver Post
Attorney general's office files lawsuit against air-duct cleanerDenver PostThe state attorney general's office announced Friday that it had filed a civil lawsuit against an air-duct cleaning company based on reports of false advertising of prices and worker qualifications. In a statement, the attorney general's office said …and more » More: continued …
Read More »Hundreds of Royal Mail workers in Northampton could go on strike – Northampton Chronicle & Echo
Northampton Chronicle & Echo Hundreds of Royal Mail workers in Northampton could go on strikeNorthampton Chronicle & EchoAlmost 1,000 Royal Mail workers based at a large depot in Swan Valley, Northampton, are being balloted for possible strike action, the Communication Workers Union (CWU) has announced. The union is considering industrial …
Read More »Police: Man pulled pellet gun in Post Office lot – Times Herald-Record
Police: Man pulled pellet gun in Post Office lotTimes Herald-RecordMIDDLETOWN — A Scotchtown man was arrested Friday morning after he threatened someone with a pellet gun in a parking lot of the Middletown Post Office, said city police. Police said a “road rage incident” started on Fulton Street, and the …
Read More »Calls to save post office reach Aquino
CONCERNED residents in Baguio City are banking on postcards sent to President Benigno Aquino III and post master general Josefina Dela Cruz to help restore the Post Office Building along Upper Session Road and convert the property into a museum. More: continued here
Read More »FedEx to Buy Supaswift Operations
FedEx Corp. said Thursday that it has agreed to buy businesses operated by its current service provider in five Southern African countries. Financial … More: continued here
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