States love food stampsThe Christian Century (blog)Eli Saslow's article last week on food-stamp recruitment is a fine piece of reporting. It's primarily a look at the delicate work of persuading hurting people to accept help. Pretty intimate stuff: “Take what you need,” [Dillie Nerios] said, again and … More: continued …
Read More »Waterford post office named for fallen soldier, Capt. Rhett Schiller
WATERFORD (WITI) — The post office in Waterford was renamed on Thursday, May 2nd in honor of a fallen Racine… More: continued here
Read More »Maplewood Releases Post Office Redevelopment Plan – TheAlternativePress.com (press release) (blog)
Maplewood Releases Post Office Redevelopment PlanTheAlternativePress.com (press release) (blog)MAPLEWOOD, NJ – Maplewood Township has posted on its website the redevelopment plan for the Village Post Office site, which outlines the township's guidelines for the future development of the site, which will become vacant in November. The Township … More: continued …
Read More »Buy, Sell or Hold: With 46 Million People on Food Stamps This Is The Stock To … – Money Morning
Money Morning Buy, Sell or Hold: With 46 Million People on Food Stamps This Is The Stock To …Money MorningSurprisingly, California has a few more loopholes that make it easier to qualify for food stamps. And now an outreach effort to get those who may not know that they are …
Read More »Syracuse stores illegally bought food stamps on the cheap, got full payment from government, authorities say
More than 100 people sold their food stamps to stores to get quick cash, authorities said. More: continued here
Read More »Westminster Post Office to be named for fallen soldier Jones – Sentinel and Enterprise
Westminster Post Office to be named for fallen soldier JonesSentinel and EnterpriseWESTMINSTER — Fallen soldier Lt. Ryan Patrick Jones will be honored today by having the Westminster Post Office named after him. The change becomes official at a 2 p.m. ceremony at 6 Nichols St. Jones, a Westminster resident, was …
Read More »Congress considers bill to name post office after Marine killed in Iraq – Tallmadge Express
Congress considers bill to name post office after Marine killed in IraqTallmadge ExpressTallmadge — Congressman Tim Ryan has introduced a bill to redesignate the United States Post Office at 162 Northeast Ave. after a Tallmadge resident who was killed in action in Iraq in 2005. Ryan introduced the bill April …
Read More »Privatised Royal Mail will deliver post more quickly, minister suggests – Telegraph.co.uk
Telegraph.co.uk Privatised Royal Mail will deliver post more quickly, minister suggestsTelegraph.co.ukMr Fallon told an audience at the Policy Exchange that privatising Britain's national postal operator was “the way to put Royal Mail onto a long-term sustainable basis”. One advantage was privatised postal operators in Germany and Austria had been able …
Read More »Federal Court Forces Old Post Office To Turn On Fans To Clean Union Station Air
Commuters should notice some improvement in air quality as they board Metra and Amtrak trains at Union Station. More: continued here
Read More »Online sales tax supporters push back on eBay – The Hill (blog)
Washington Examiner Online sales tax supporters push back on eBayThe Hill (blog)EBay has tried to rally its users against the bill, sending emails to millions of users last month. The company wants a provision that would exempt businesses with less than $10 million in out-of-state sales, up from the $1 …
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