Child poverty, food stamp use on the rise in Monmouth CountyThe Star-Ledger – NJ.comThat adds to a four year period of growth where the number of children receiving food stamps grew from 7,666 in 2008 to 15,240 in 2012. Arnone said Monmouth County will place a greater focus on child …
Read More »Democrats take food stamp challenge to highlight GOP’s proposed cuts – MSNBC
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Read More »Anthony Weiner Is Doing The Food Stamp Challenge – BuzzFeed
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Read More »Thousands of remote post boxes ‘saved’ in new Royal Mail rules – Telegraph.co.uk
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Read More »Post Office staff to stage two more strikes
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Staff at the Post Office are set to go on strike for two days later this month over closures, job security and pay after talks between executives and the union broke down. More: continued here
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