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New Stimulus Package Makes It Easier to Qualify for Food Stamps. Here's What You Need to Know
The most recent stimulus package will increase monthly food stamps for families by 15%. It also makes it easier to qualify for the benefit.
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Judge Halts Trump's Proposed Food Stamp Cutback for 700K Americans
A federal judge on Sunday struck down a Trump administration rule that would have reduced food stamp benefits to nearly 700,000 people.
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26 Million Americans Are Going Hungry Amid the Pandemic. What To Do If You're One of Them
Amid one of the worst downturns in U.S. history, the number of Americans who are struggling to pay for food has soared. Around 20% of adults living with children said they couldn’t afford to adequately feed their families over the last seven days, and nearly 26 million adults said people in their households are not eating enough because of a...
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Grocery Shopping From Safe Distance: Mass. Pursues Online Purchasing for EBT Holders
Massachusetts state leaders are pursuing a way to give the rapidly growing number of people relying on federal food benefits a way to buy groceries from a safe distance.
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Push for SNAP Recipients to Be Allowed to Order Groceries Online
EBT cards can’t be used to buy food online, something Massachusetts Rep. Jim McGovern is trying to change as coronavirus keeps people indoors.
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Food Stamp Change Fuels Anxiety as States Try to Curb Impact
From Hawaii to Pennsylvania, states are scrambling to curb the impact of a new Trump administration rule that could cause nearly 700,000 people to lose food stamp benefits
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Crackdown on Immigrants Who Use Public Benefits Takes Effect
Advocates say new guidelines that disqualify more people from green cards if they use government benefits is prompting droves of immigrants to drop government social services
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14 States, 2 Cities File Lawsuit to Stop Trump Administration Food Stamp Rule
New York Attorney General Letitia James and District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine are co-leading a lawsuit filed Thursday to stop the Trump Administration from eliminating food assistance for nearly 700,000 Americans, James’ office said. The lawsuit, which was joined by 13 attorney generals — including those for New Jersey and Connecticut — as well as New York…
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Change in Food Stamp Work Requirements Leaves States Scrambling to Limit Fallout
Thirty-two states and the District of Columbia are scrambling to address a Trump administration policy change that will keep nearly 700,000 of their poorest residents from accessing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, formerly called food stamps. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced last month that in an effort “to restore the dignity of work,” the Trump administration would limit states...
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Trump Administration Acts to Cut Food Stamp Benefits for 688,000
The Trump administration is tightening work requirements for the federal food stamp program in a move that will slash benefits for hundreds of thousands of people....
...The final rule, announced Wednesday, will limit the ability of states to exempt work-eligible adults from having to obtain steady employment in order to receive benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, which helps feed...
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Shutdown, Russia Woes Grow for Trump
President Trump lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid the ongoing government shutdown and more troubling revelations about the 2016 election. NBC’s Tracie Potts reports.
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Trump Rule May Mean 1 Million Kids Lose Automatic Free Lunch
Nearly a million children could lose their automatic eligibility for free school lunches under a Trump administration proposal that would reduce the number of people who get food stamps. The U.S. Department of Agriculture has released an analysis that says as many as 982,000 children could be affected by the change. About half would have to pay a reduced price...
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Lawsuits Around US Seek to Block Trump's Public Charge Rule
The scene is playing out in courtrooms from coast to coast — federal judges being asked to block a new Trump administration policy scheduled to take effect next week that would deny legal permanent residency to many immigrants over the use of public benefits. Almost a dozen lawsuits have been filed from New York to California with plaintiffs including states,...
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‘Please Don't Give Up on My Dulce': Mom of Missing 5-Year-Old's Desperate Ask
As the third week of desperate searching for missing five-year-old Dulce María Alavez begins, her mother spoke about the search, suspicion and her family’s pain.
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California Counties Sue Over Public Benefit Immigration Rule
San Francisco and Santa Clara counties filed the first lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s new rules to deny green cards to migrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance. The lawsuit, filed Tuesday, came after the Department of Homeland Security’s announcement Monday of its expanded “public charge” rules to restrict legal immigration. In a...
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Trump Plan Didn't Note Threat to 500K Free School Lunches: Dems
The Trump administration determined that more than 500,000 children would no longer be automatically eligible for free school meals under a proposed overhaul to the food stamp program, but left that figure out of its formal proposal, NBC News reported, citing House Democrats. The U.S. Department of Agriculture wants to crack down on eligibility for food stamps, estimating that 3.1...
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USDA Rule Could Affect Food Stamp Eligibility for 3 Million
The Trump administration on Tuesday proposed tightening automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp program, a change that could affect about 3.1 million people. The Agriculture Department said the rule would close “a loophole” that enables people receiving only minimal benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to be eligible automatically for food stamps. “For too long, this...
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Leader of Amtrak Downeaster: No Quick Fix for Crowded Trains
The leader of the agency that operates the Amtrak Downeaster service from Maine to Boston provided a letter to customers on Tuesday, acknowledging the train is not providing the desired experience for its passengers. However, the letter also admitted the over-crowding situation does not appear to have a quick fix.
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Pregnant Commuter: Why Are There No Seats on Some Boston-Bound Amtrak Trains?
Commuting into downtown Boston can be physically and emotionally challenging under normal circumstances. But these are anything but normal times for Maggie Kent and her husband, Gordon. Every day, the Bradford, Massachusetts couple hops on the Amtrak Downeaster at the station in Haverhill and takes the nearly one-hour trip into Boston.
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Boston Fixes Parking App After Drivers Get Stuck With Bogus Tickets
The city of Boston is making significant changes to its parking app after the NBC10 Boston Investigators highlighted drivers getting over-meter limit parking tickets after they insist they moved their cars on time. Mayor Marty Walsh promised last week the city would fix the problem, and the Transportation Department confirmed the fix is on the way.