Asset test for food stamps goes into effect TuesdayWFMZ AllentownAbout 1.8 million Pennsylvanians currently receive food stamps. That's one in seven people in the state. She recently suffered a stroke and relies on her monthly allotment to help feed her five children. "I'm concerned. I'm very concerned," she said.Food stamp …
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Read More »Food stamp challenge: Could you eat on $23 a week? – Fremont News Messenger
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The rise in the cost of posting a letter is four times more for pensioners and vulnerable groups than for businesses, it has emerged. More: continued here
Read More »Neither ran, nor sleet, nor hunger: Postal workers plan May 12 food drive
Columbia Post Office Carrier David Wright, a 25-year veteran of the U.S. Postal Service, unpacks local food donations as part of the annual Stamp Out Hunger food drive, the largest one-day food drive in the country. More: continued here
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Read More »GLOBE & MAIL: Shell, Iogen Kill Plan To Build Biofuel Plant In Canada – Fox Business
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