Post office branch held up – DI-VE

Post office branch held upDI-VEby di-ve.com – editorial@di-ve.com Up to €3000 were stolen in a hold-up on a post office branch in St Paul's Bay this morning, the police said. A man carrying a firearm and concealing his face entered the branch in Sqaq tax-Xema and asked for cash. …Thief …

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Cost-cutting lawmakers target food stamps

Some legislators want Illinois to join a national push to fight fraud by adding identification photos to Illinois food-stamp cards, an idea that opponents say amplifies a negative stigma about food stamps and targets the poor instead of addressing… More: continued here

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Republican budget includes overhaul of food stamps

House Republicans resurrected a 1990s-era fight over food stamps in their budget approved last week, arguing that any serious attempt to cut spending must include an overhaul of government programs that help needy families pay for food. More: continued here

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