RollingStone.com (blog) Lawmakers to fight for post offices in Senate votesReuters(Reuters) – Lawmakers will fight to save post offices and other US Postal Service facilities from closure as the Senate gears up to vote on amendments to a bill to overhaul the struggling mail agency. The Postal Service has been losing billions of …Don't Let…
Heritage.org (blog) Food stamp costs inspire one state to test $5/day food budgetExaminer.comThe issue of food stamp costs has inspired the state of Pennsylvania to test out a $5 a day food budget for seven days. According to MyFoxPhilly, the state mayor and three state legistators have pledged to live on just $5 in food…
No good mail on extra post office for SunburyMacedon Ranges WeeklyBY TARA MURRAY SUNBURY residents say a fall in users of the Sunbury post office is due to a large number of people visiting postal outlets in other areas. Residents have long been calling for a second post office in the town as there have…
Post Offices set to close in Southwest ArkansasKTBSBoth Ogden and Ozan residents have been fighting to keep their post offices open for months. A notice of closure has been posted inside the Ogden post office. Resident Jerry Hickey has used their mail services for about 30 years.and more » More: continued here
FIRST CLASS! ROYAL MAIL BLOWS £1M ON OFFICE LUXURIESExpress.co.ukBy Dana Gloger, Consumer Affairs Editor ROYAL Mail bosses are under fire for working in “luxurious” offices – only a week before crippling increases in the price of a stamp. From Monday, the cost of sending a first-class letter will soar by 30 per cent … More:…
Car crashes into Honea Path post officeAnderson Independent MailBy Kirk Brown HONEA PATH — No one was injured Monday afternoon when a car crashed into the post office on Shirley Street. Driver Rosemary Moore told authorities that her car lurched forward on its own as she was parking, according to Honea Path Police … More:…
Debate: Buy a new guitar on eBay, or at a local music shop?Sonic StateeBay is undoubtedly one of the most important resources of the last 100 years when it comes to empowering the consumer and offering a wider choice of product in one place. There are bargains to be had, and as somebody who has…
Udall, Bennet support amendment to save rural post officesGreeley TribuneMark Udall, D-Colo., and Michael Bennet, D-Colo., are co-sponsoring an amendment that would give rural post offices— including three in Weld County — a two-year reprieve from closure while the US Postal Service seeks other ways to save money. More: continued here
International Business Times Food Stamp Costs Skyrocket, Intensifying 2012 Farm Bill Debates In CongressInternational Business TimesBy Jacey Fortin: Subscribe to Jacey's RSS feed Expensive federal food stamp programs have become a hot-button issue in recent weeks, and a Senate bill now in the works ensures that the highly politicized congressional debate is only just beginning.Farm…
EBAY INC : New Partners Join the X.commerce Ecosystem4-traderseBay Inc.'s X.commerce welcomes innovators such as Avalara, e-Dialog Express, Fanplayr, Kabbage, Lexity, M2E Pro and TheFind At the Magento Imagine eCommerce 2012 conference, X.commerce today announced several new partners have joined its global … More: continued here