Likening the nation’s economic condition to the Great Depression, Gov. Timothy M. Kaine yesterday proposed a stimulus-backed expansion and extension of unemployment benefits, health insurance and food stamps for out-of-work Virginians. Kaine also said he would sign the recession-revised two-year, $77 billion budget passed last month by the General Assembly, …
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Taufig Abdalla, 51, of Cleveland and his business were indicted for illegally trafficking food stamps, defrauding the government for $339,000. Prosecutors accused Abdalla, who owns Four M. Food Mart at 662 East 140th St. in Cleveland, of trafficking food stamps… More: continued here
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