SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — The Illinois Department of Human Services says more Illinoisans than ever are getting help from the government to buy food. Officials say the number of households getting food stamps has reached a record 592,390. That’s an increase of 3.7 over last year.
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House Republican leaders are to present a bill that would cut the food stamps program by $40 billion over 10 years, a move opposed by Democrats. Republicans say the program, whose enrollment soared after the 2008-09 recession, is unbearably expensive at $78 billion a year. More: continued here
KFYR-TV North Dakotans Cutting Back or Using Food StampsKFYR-TV, ND –2 minutes agoAnd that down economy is part of the reason almost 50000 North Dakotans, half of them children, need food stamps. North Dakota Department of Human Services … More: continued here
WASHINGTON—Mailing a letter will soon cost a penny more. The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that the price of a first-class stamp will rise to 42 cents starting May 12. More: continued here
Fred Stamps played the final 10 weeks of the Edmonton Eskimos season after losing a testicle. More: continued here
Drug agents enforce seldom-used lawTuscaloosa News (subscription)Drug agents in Tuscaloosa have begun charging suspected drug dealers for breaking a seldom-used law that requires them to buy tax stamps. The law is designed to hit dealers where it hurts — their wallets. Passed in 1988, the law requires anyone who …and more » More: continued here
Lunacy gets the Green LightCalgary Herald, Canada –5 hours agoAnd even though the Stamps will be listed as the home team, much of that home-field advantage will be negated by the leather-lunged fans of the Grey Cup …Cates da manEdmonton Sunall 8 news articles More: continued here