msnNOW US mayors want to make it a no-no to buy soda with food stampsmsnNOWDear people who use food stamps: The mayors of 18 major U.S. cities — including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago — really don't think you should be using your government subsidies to buy soda and other sugary beverages, so they've…
Mail delivery has been slowed in the Reading area due to the recent termination of mail processing in the city, but a U.S. Postal Service spokesman said Wednesday that the delays should be temporary. More: continued here
96 per cent of Royal Mail staff vote 'no' to privatisationTelegraph.co.ukRoyal Mail currently accepts letters, customers bills and parcels at its mail centres that have been "partially sorted" by other operators, and delivers them across the UK. Unions have threatened a boycott of this so-called "access" mail as part of its … More: continued here
Hales calls for curbs on food stamp purchases of sugary drinkskgw.comThe U.S. Department of Agriculture, which runs the food stamp program, declined to comment on Tuesday's letter. Representatives for Republican House Speaker John Boehner and House Democratic leader Nancy Pelosi, to whom the letter was addressed, … More: continued here
KATU House votes to cut food stamps by $2 billionSan Francisco ChronicleWASHINGTON (AP) — The House voted on Wednesday to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year as part of a wide-ranging farm bill. The chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm legislation that would have …Food Stamp Cuts Key to…
Royal Mail set for chaos as staff back plans to boycott handling competitors' mailExpress.co.ukA brief hearing was later held in the High Court, when Royal Mail said the union had given an undertaking not to induce its members to refuse to handle competitors' letters and parcels pending a further hearing on June 28. "As a…
A GRANDMOTHER who worked at a Post Office in Binley for almost 50 years and never took a day off through illness has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday Honours list. More: continued here
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House to consider $2B in cuts to food stampsThe Detroit NewsWashington — 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: continued…
The House has voted to cut food stamps by $2 billion a year. The chamber rejected 234-188 a Democratic amendment to a wide-ranging farm bill that would have maintained current spending on food stamps and … More: continued here