HANNIBAL (WGEM) – Missouri governor Mike Kehoe recently announced the state of Missouri has submitted a waiver request to alter Missouri’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to support the purchase of healthy foods. This year, the Salvation Army in Hannibal has seen an uptick in families needing help from their food pantry. Amanda Bowen, Salvation…
HE DID. TONIGHT, KAI MORE THAN $370 MILLION IN FEDERAL FUNDING EACH WEEK. THAT’S HOW MUCH MONEY GOVERNOR WES MOORE SAYS THE STATE OF MARYLAND RELIES ON THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT FOR TO RUN THINGS LIKE HEALTH CARE, FOOD ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS. THEY WERE THINGS THAT HE ADDRESSED TONIGHT DURING THAT SPEECH TO THE STATE. THINGS THAT…
Shares of social network Snapchat (NYSE: SNAP) fell 6.6% in the afternoon session after Mizuho initiated coverage on the company with a Neutral rating. Mizuho set a $9 price target and described the company as a “show-me story.” The investment firm expressed caution, citing weak feedback from Snap’s advertising channels. The stock market overreacts to…
BISHKEK (Reuters) -Kyrgyzstan’s parliament voted on Thursday to dissolve the legislature for snap elections in a move analysts said was likely to consolidate President Sadyr Japarov’s power. The election will take place on November 30, local media quoted Speaker Nurlanbek Turgunbek as saying, having previously been due by November 2026. Presidential elections are scheduled for…
by BLACK ENTERPRISE Editors August 10, 2025 President Donald Trump’s ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ eliminated funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education, On a sweltering afternoon this week, Ana Garcia, 41, and her three-year-old son, Elliott, arrived at the Goodhue Community Center on Staten Island to pick up their weekly haul of fresh, affordable…
Credit: (NJ Spotlight News)File photo One in seven children in New Jersey suffers from food insecurity, a significant increase from before the pandemic. Many of these 270,000 children count on their schools for two meals, five days a week. Now with schools closing for the summer, these families can turn to summer food benefit cards,…
Snap has acquired Saturn, a calendar app that helps students manage their school schedules and share them with others, the company confirmed to TechCrunch on Friday. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Saturn will continue to operate as a standalone app. The news was first reported by Engadget. Snap says almost the…
Gov. Andy Beshear has announced that, thanks to approval by the federal government, healthy meals will continue to be provided to 450,000 Kentucky children while school is out this summer. Each eligible student will receive a one-time benefit of $120 to purchase nutritious food throughout the summer. Support comes through the federal Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer…
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (KCRG) – Governor Reynolds says changes to SNAP will promote healthy eating and protect future generations from disease. It would remove foods including soda and candy from SNAP, anything that people currently pay sales tax for at the grocery store. The question is, are people on SNAP actually buying the unhealthy foods…