The US Postal Service in Divide collected 124 bears to donate to the Sheriff’s department. Monday, June 17, the Sheriff, Under Sheriff, Lt. Mikesell and Renee Bunting, TCSO Detention Deputy, went over More: continued here
Yahoo! News House votes due on crop subsidies, food stampsYahoo! NewsWASHINGTON (AP) — The House is expected to vote Thursday on cuts to government farm subsidies and food stamps as lawmakers move toward passage of a five-year, half trillion-dollar farm bill. Republican leaders have said they want to finish voting on …House Votes to Cut Food…
The new post office on West Main Street in Rochester will officially be dedicated Thursday morning… More: continued here
House Rejects Restoring Food-Stamp FundsWall Street Journal (blog)House lawmakers defeated an attempt by Democrats to restore the $20.5 billion that would be cut from food-stamps programs over the next decade under the House farm bill that is currently being debated. The amendment was offered by Rep. James … More: continued here
House to consider cuts to food stampsKOMO NewsSen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Mich., chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, speaks to reporters as the Senate votes on a farm bill. WASHINGTON (AP) – A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and … More: continued here
South Temple Post Office: Hearing postponed until Aug.Temple Daily TelegramPostal Service Board of Contract Appeals Administrative Judge Gary E. Shapiro was to try the case this month in Austin. It was delayed when a witness representing the American Postal Workers Union scheduled surgery for early June, former manager Brent … More: continued here
White House threatens to veto farm bill if food stamp are cutDaily CallerThe White House threatened to veto the House farm bill Monday night, in part due to cuts to the food-stamp program. “The bill would reduce access to food assistance for struggling families and their children, does not contain sufficient commodity and … More:…
CITY A.M. Royal Mail seeks injunction against workers' boycottCITY A.M.ROYAL Mail is seeking a high court injunction against the Communication Workers Union after postal workers voted to boycott deliveries of competitors' mail and against the privatisation of the postal service. In a ballot of 112,000 postal workers, 96 … More: continued here
House slashes food stamps, delays food-safety rulesThe Seattle TimesThe chamber rejected, 234-188, a Democratic amendment to the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm legislation that would have maintained current spending on food stamps, now called the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. The overall … More: continued here
House considers cuts to food stamps during debate over farm bill Wednesday10NewsWASHINGTON – A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program. Passage of the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill … More:…