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MO House passes welfare reform that requires recipients have more education
Reporter and PhotographerSPRINGFIELD, MO. -- New requirements to get the assistance many Missouri residents depend on have been approved by the State House. Those lawmakers have passed several bills that make up what's being called welfare reform legislation. More than 100,...Tags: Politics, Justice System, Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, Interior Policy, Pension and Welfare
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Pregnancies in rural Missouri often are higher risk than those in cities
Reporter and PhotographerCAMDENTON, Mo. -- We know stress and pregnancy are a dangerous combination but now it turns out the place you live may make things worse. New research from the University of Missouri shows pregnant women who live in rural Missouri are more stressed...Tags: Health Insurance, Services and Shopping, Heart Attack, Government Health Care, Hospitals and Clinics
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More Missourians forced to rely on food stamps to afford groceries
jkaplan@kspr.comSPRINGFIELD, Mo -- One in six Missourians don't have enough money to buy groceries. That's the new figure released today by the US Department of Agriculture. The report, Household Food Security in the US in 2011, says nearly 15% of Americans - about 1...Tags: Healthy Diet, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Belle Court partnering with Kid Central on Summer Food Service Program
Culpeper Star-Exponent, Va.A Culpeper neighborhood is working on cleaning up its image with the help of Kid Central and the Summer Food Service Program. Belle Court Apartments will host public breakfasts and lunches for school children ages 18 years-old and younger from 9 to 10...Tags: First Aid, Human Interest, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, The Happiest News!, Food Industry
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Obama administration needs to change the conversation
By WILLIAM P. HOJNACKI I am very disappointed in the way that the Obama administration is dealing with the Republicans in the ongoing discussions concerning the federal budget. The administration has, once again, allowed the Republicans to set the agenda...Tags: National Government, Bill Clinton, Politics, Government, Indiana University South Bend
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Editorial: Conservatives should lead on immigration
If President Barack Obama delivers on his promise to sign meaningful immigration legislation in his second term, it could be because he wisely stayed out of the way while Sen. Marco Rubio, a Florida Republican with his eye on the White House, did the...
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Tulsa World, Okla., Ginnie Graham column
Tulsa WorldRose Craig knows that a kid is hungry when he asks about second helpings before taking a bite of the meal in front of him. "You see the panic that if they don't eat now, they won't eat later," said the chief professional officer of the Boys and Girls...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Nutrition, Poverty, Social Issues, U.S. Department of Agriculture
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'House of Rising Son' Owner Arrested
The Chronicle, Centralia, Wash.The woman who owns and operates the controversial House of the Rising Son halfway homes was arrested Thursday on drug charges. Chehalis Detective Sgt. Gary Wilson said 61-year-old Judy D. Chafin and her ex-husband, Keith D. Williams, 48, had been the...Tags: Vicodin (drug), Drug Trafficking, Rentals, Hydrocodone (drug), Rental Service
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State, USDA sharing data to catch fraud
The Spokesman-ReviewState and federal agencies are teaming up in an effort to fight food-stamp fraud. While the Washington Department of Social and Health Services is tracking people who misuse their benefits, the U.S. Department of Agriculture is going after stores that...Tags: Politics, Dining and Drinking, Interior Policy, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Grocery Coupons
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Cooper: Homeless missionary pedals his beliefs
Chattanooga Times Free Press, Tenn.He's sort of a rolling stone is David Peters. Wherever he lays his hat -- to paraphrase The Temptations' 1972 song -- is his home. The 50-year-old homeless man rolled into Chattanooga earlier this week on a bike he earned through the Pedal to...Tags: Authors, Orlando, Trips and Vacations, Daytona Beach, Travel
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Hunger in Kerr County
Kerrville Daily Times, TexasFor many area school children, the end of May means no more books, no more tests and, well, no more school, but for area food banks, it means time to stock up. "It's going to be picking up during the summer," said John McCalla with the St. Vincent de...Tags: Teaching and Learning, Nutrition, Human Interest, U.S. Senate, Recipes
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Putting officer back on job is an injustice
Again, I have to show my disgust to Florida lawmakers and politicians for reinstating Edwin Sanchez as a police officer. Is he above the law? In 1992, he was stripped of certification to be a police officer. How he got back in, I will never understand....Tags: Coconut Creek
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