The head of the Second Harvest North Florida food bank issued a statement today saying he is "outaged" by today's House vote to cut the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), or food stamps, by a "drastic" $36 billion. The cuts, if they become effective, "would be devastating for our …
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The Mohawk Post Office, at 25 Columbia St., will see reduced hours as part of massive cuts within the United States Post Office. More: continued here
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