Food Stamps On the Rise As Economy Falls
As prices and unemployment goes up so do the number of families qualifying for food stamps. The New York Times is reporting dramatic increases in today’s edition.
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Nasheed calls for Lowering Sales Tax on Food
Missouri is one of only a few states to levy tax on food purchased for consumption at home. This week, Representative Jamilah Nasheed (D-St. Louis) introduced a plan to move Missouri closer to eliminating the sales tax on groceries.
House Bill 2190 would phase out the 1% sales tax on food over a period of [...] -
Homeless Are "Face of Downtown" Too
According to a survey paid for by the Downtown St. Louis Partnership and reported today by the Post-Dispatch, “those living [downtown] are younger, richer and better educated than the average St. Louisan.”
Just one problem: the mail survey doesn’t include downtown’s largest population: the poor and the homeless.
“Developers say the number of young adults moving to [...] -
More Signs of Tough Times
From a report Tuesday by Fox 2 reporter Paul Schankman:
From 2001 to 2006, the average number of households on food stamps in the city of St. Louis went up 35%. In St. Louis County, the number went up by 70%. In St. Charles County, it was an 82%. And in Jefferson [...] -
MEDIA WATCH: THE GREAT DISCONNECT
PUB DEF SPECIAL REPORT
There are a lot of people hurting in the City of St. Louis. Not just struggling to make ends meet, but really struggling — to find shelter, to food for their children.
This is a developing story, which seems to be getting more desperate everyday. But you won’t see this story on the [...] -
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