Take Harvesters' SNAP Challenge and learn how little food stamps provideKansas City Star (blog)It is particularly difficult to maintain a healthy diet with so little money. It's why thousands of people who depend on food stamps are so food insecure, which leads to a host of other chronic health problems, …
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Cincinnati Police Department's Intelligence Unit has a Metropolitan Sewer District engineer under investigation tonight after walking him out of MSD's headquarters on Feb. 12. The employee, Greg Doherty, has not been charged with a crime, but police continue investigating thousands of eBay sales connected to the city employee. More: continued …
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Read More »Remember Glenn Grothman? He’s still speaking out, on food stamps … – Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (blog)
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Read More »Police investigating MSD employee’s eBay sales – WXIX
Police investigating MSD employee's eBay salesWXIX11 after agents tried to buy a pair of Maui Jim sunglasses from an eBay account registered to Doherty on Feb. 6. The warrant is listed as part of an “aggravated theft” investigation. CPD agents created an eBay account and email address in order to …
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