New York Times Cuomo Seeks to End City's Fingerprinting of Food Stamp ApplicantsNew York TimesALBANY — New York City would have to stop requiring food stamp applicants to give fingerprints under regulations proposed on Thursday by Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who has sided with advocates for the hungry in arguing …
Read More »GOP measure freezes lawmakers’ office budgets – The Seattle Times
KPVI News 6 GOP measure freezes lawmakers' office budgetsThe Seattle TimesEven as they press cuts to foreign aid, food stamps and a host of domestic programs, Republicans running the House of Representatives are opting against any further cuts to their own office budgets. By ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press No comments …
Read More »Post office task force pushes for quick legislative assistance
Members of the Save the La Jolla Post Office Task Force are leaning on legislators to help them save La Jolla’s cherished Wall Street post office from having its services relocated, and the historic building sold — the fourth such effort to keep the post office where it is since …
Read More »Great Film Directors Grace New USPS Stamps: Hotel del Coronado on Billy Wilder … – eCoronado.com (blog)
Great Film Directors Grace New USPS Stamps: Hotel del Coronado on Billy Wilder …eCoronado.com (blog)These Great Film Directors (Forever®) stamps honor four great filmmakers who captured the many varieties of the American experience. Frank Capra, John Ford, John Huston, and Billy Wilder created some of the most iconic scenes in …
Read More »Canada Post celebrates cowboy culture with stamps to honour the 100th … – Sacramento Bee
Canada Post celebrates cowboy culture with stamps to honour the 100th …Sacramento BeeBy Canada Post CALGARY, May 17, 2012 /CNW/ – Canada Post is marking this year's centennial of the Calgary Stampede in style by issuing two commemorative stamps that celebrate the city's pioneer spirit and western culture. The two …
Read More »Beverage association on guard against limits to food stamp use – The Hill (blog)
Beverage association on guard against limits to food stamp useThe Hill (blog)By Rachel Levin – 05/17/12 03:39 PM ET The American Beverage Association has hired a lobby firm to guard against legislative proposals limiting what types of groceries can be purchased with food stamps. Michael Torrey Associates is the first …
Read More »Distribution Center at Utica’s Pitcher Street post office on latest closure list – WKTV
Distribution Center at Utica's Pitcher Street post office on latest closure listWKTVBy WKTV News UTICA, NY – The processing and distribution facility housed at the Pitcher Street Post Office in Utica is slated for closure, according to a new list released by the US Postal Service Thursday as part of …
Read More »Bainbridge Post Office Branch to close in June and move to Chagrin Falls
U.S. Rep. Steven C. LaTourette said the Bainbridge Branch Post office and jobs will move about 2.3 miles down the road to the Chagrin Falls Post Office, also on Washington Street. More: continued here
Read More »Post office task force pushes for quick legislative assistance – La Jolla Light
Post office task force pushes for quick legislative assistanceLa Jolla Lightave the La Jolla Post Office Task Force members discussed asking legislators to insert an amendment into a postal reform bill currently before the US House of Representatives that would help save the Wall Street post office. By Pat Sherman …
Read More »Cuomo Ends Fingerprinting Requirement For Food Stamps
Applying for food stamps in New York City is about to get a whole lot easier. Today Governor Cuomo announced he would end a finger imaging requirement for people applying for the Food Stamp Program in New York City. The proposal was filed today just five months after Governor Cuomo …
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