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House to consider cuts to food stamps
A wide-ranging farm bill the House is considering would cut food stamps by $2 billion a year and make it more difficult for some people to qualify for the domestic food aid program. Passage of the five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill could depend on the level of cuts to the $80 ...
Rural lawmakers push for farm bill votes in House
Farm-state lawmakers are scrambling to win bipartisan support for a five-year, half-trillion-dollar farm bill on the House floor this week. The legislation would cut $2 billion a year from food stamps while raising subsidies for several crops. Though it has support from rural lawmakers across the political spectrum, it is ...
18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda
The mayors of New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter sent to congressional leaders on Tuesday, the mayors say it's "time to test and evaluate approaches limiting" the ...
Senate panel OKs renewal of timber county funding
A U. S. Senate committee on Tuesday endorsed legislation to extend federal subsidies for timber counties one more year, and to protect more wilderness and wild rivers in Oregon. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., said the two bills are part of his effort to solve the funding crisis for Oregon timber ...
Ark. officials confirm avian flu in Scott Co. bird
A chicken in Scott County is confirmed with avian influenza and state officials have quarantined poultry within a 6.2-mile radius around the infected bird's farm. The Arkansas Livestock and Poultry Commission said Wednesday that the chicken tested positive for H7N7 low pathogenic avian influenza. The agency is coordinating its response ...
18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda
The mayors of Philadelphia, New York, Los Angeles and 15 other cities are reviving a push against letting food stamps be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday, the mayors say it's "time to test and evaluate approaches limiting" the use of ...
18 mayors: Limit use of food stamps to buy soda
The mayor of Louisville, Ky., is among those in 18 cities, including New York, Los Angeles and Chicago, who are reviving a push against letting government food vouchers be used to buy soda and other sugary drinks. In a letter to congressional leaders Tuesday, the mayors say it's "time to ...
Fresno County grapes exceed $1 billion in value
A new report finds that for the first time in history, a Fresno County crop — grapes — has exceeded one billion dollars in production value. Fresno County's annual crop and livestock report for 2012, released Tuesday, found the total gross value for grapes was $1.1 billion, up 15 percent ...
House, Senate on diverging paths on agency budgets
Republicans controlling the House unveiled slashing cuts Tuesday to a program that helps localities build community development projects, while their rivals in the Democratic-led Senate proposed to restore GOP cuts to international food aid and nutrition help for pregnant women. An Energy Department spending bill that would cut President Barack ...
FWP rules out fever in bison deaths
State wildlife officials aren't sure what killed three bison that were found dead in the Yellowstone River, but they know it wasn't a virus spread by domestic sheep. The Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks announced Tuesday that tests on two more bison turned up negative for malignant catarrhal fever. ...
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