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Millions of low-income Americans, including families with children, could lose their food stamp benefits under House Republicans’ newly passed tax and spending cuts package, according to a Congressional Budget Office analysis released Thursday.
The Trump administration's Agriculture Secretary signaled she will be signing multiple waivers to let states ban junk food from food stamp programs, after signing a few this week. She described the effort as historic.
The Trump-backed bill also includes changes that could result in thousands of low-income families losing access to federal food assistance.
In celebration of Memorial Day Weekend, 7-Eleven, Stripes and Speedway are offering customers a few deals, per a press release shared with the Deseret News: Snack deal: Through Memorial Day weekend, customers can enjoy popular snack items such as Clif Bars and Quest Protein Cookies for a discounted price of $2 each.
THE Department of Agriculture (DA) and the Department of Tourism (DOT) will develop a roadmap aimed at promoting food and farm tourism. The agencies formed a technical working group (TWG) that will create the roadmap within six months as part of the government’s efforts to bolster rural economies and
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The GOP-backed One Big Beautiful Bill Act includes some big changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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Proposed cuts to the country’s largest food aid program could slash benefits currently going to one in six Oregonians or shift more than $1 billion in program costs to the state in each two-year budget cycle.
LendingTree selected "five of the most well-known national fast food chains," to calculate an average meal cost, which included meals from Burger King, Chick-fil-A, McDonald's, Taco Bell and Wendy's. Then, "the average cost of a fast food meal for each metro was calculated by averaging the prices of the five selected meals, including taxes."
The Publix supermarket chain is recalling fruit and vegetable baby food because testing found elevated levels of lead.