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House Bill 367, which is currently stalled in the Kentucky Senate, would make it harder for residents to qualify for SNAP benefits. An opponent says it could affect farmers’ businesses and livelihoods.
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The Kentucky Legislature may make it harder for people to qualify for federal benefits that help them afford groceries. But the proposal failed a key vote Thursday.
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Kentucky’s House Bill 367 could exclude people from SNAP benefits if they have a few thousand dollars in savings.
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A Kentucky House committee voted in favor of a bill Thursday that would make it harder for residents to qualify for SNAP benefits.
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Tennessee will participate in a Biden Administration program designed to give parents extra cash to buy food for their children during the summer months, veering from 15 other Republican-led states that have rejected the federal dollars.
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Tennessee Department of Human Services blames staff shortages, computer systems changes
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Hundreds of thousands of Kentucky children in low-income households will be getting extra federal food assistance through the start of the school year, something that anti-hunger advocates say is crucial given higher rates of food insecurity seen in the state over the summer.
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Those on the front lines of food pantries and food banks in the Ohio Valley are trying to meet the ballooning demand, though they expect to see more hunger and need in the months ahead.
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The Foundation for Government Accountability (FGA) is a conservative think tank based in Naples, Florida that doesn’t disclose its donors and has a history of pushing what many experts have called “junk social science.” Its four main areas of focus are election integrity and welfare, health care and workforce reforms.
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Kentuckians who receive public benefits will have to do more to stay in the programs, under a bill that passed out of the legislature.