The online grocery market remains closed to Americans on food stamps. A digital upstart is asking why – Quartz

Open Season: Sexton's painting wins way onto stampSouth Coast TodayJanice Sexton of Westport captured top honors in the 2010 Massachusetts Waterfowl Stamp competition with an exceptional painting of a Canada …and more » More: continued here

Tribune-Review Get a piece of the eclipseTribune-ReviewThe Total Eclipse of the Sun stamp is the first U.S. stamp to use thermochromic ink, which reacts to the heat of your touch. Placing your finger over the black disc on the stamp causes the ink to change from black to clear to reveal an underlying image …Viewing…

The Weekly Standard (blog) Food Stamp Growth 75X Greater than Job CreationThe Weekly Standard (blog)With the latest jobs report, it is now the case that "Under Obama, Food Stamp Growth [Is] 75 Times Greater Than Job Creation," according to statistics compiled by the Republican side of the Senate Budget Committee. "For Every Person Added to…

Getting Carded: Local farmers' markets again accepting food stampsPGH City Paper"There has been this false stereotype of food-stamp users as people who waste their money on food that isn't good for you, even though there is no data to support that," Regal says. But "if we want people to use their food stamps to get…

Feds deny Maine's request for photo IDs when using food stampsThe Union LeaderPaul LePage to require Mainers who use food stamps benefits cards to show photo ID when they buy groceries. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said the requirement would infringe on cardholders' rights and would not fight fraud. The state sought the …and more »…

Ottawa Citizen New stamps to be issued with France mark 100th anniversary of Canadian sacrifice and victory in the Battle of Vimy …Yahoo FinanceOTTAWA, March 23, 2017 /CNW/ – On April 8, 2017, Canada Post will issue commemorative stamps to mark the 100th anniversary of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, an impressive victory in the…