A delayed jobs report showed U.S. employers added 119,000 jobs in September, surpassing expectations, but downward revisions for the prior two months and an upward tick in unemployment tempered economists’ outlooks. The Bureau of Labor Statistics report, delayed more than a month due to the federal government shutdown, showed job growth was concentrated in private education…
With the nation’s longest-running government shutdown now over, Hoosiers who rely on the Supplement Nutrition Assistance Program will soon have their benefits restored. The Indiana Family and Social Services Administration will begin issuing full SNAP benefits on Nov. 15, and eligible recipients can expect the funds to be available on their EBT cards starting Nov. 16, according to a news release from the agency. Indiana…
President Donald Trump sparked new stimulus check conversations on Sunday, Nov. 9, when he posted on social media that a $2,000 dividend from tariffs would be sent to some Americans. “We are taking in trillions of dollars and will soon begin paying down our enormous debt,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “A dividend of at…
WASHINGTON − The Supreme Court late Friday said the Trump administration doesn’t have to promptly pay full SNAP food benefits for now, in a last-minute − but temporary − order that leaves in limbo the 42 million Americans who rely on food stamps. The court briefly paused a lower court’s ruling requiring the administration to…
President Donald Trump hosted a 1920’s theme party at Mar-A-Lago on Oct. 31, as multiple federal judges ruled the administration could not stop funding food aid amid the ongoing government shutdown. The party was labeled “A Little Party Never Killed Nobody” according to multiple media attendees. The title was drawn from a song on the…
At the end of his regular pregame press conference on Nov. 1, Milwaukee Bucks head coach Glenn “Doc” Rivers took a moment to make a call for action for government leaders and members of the community to address the freezing of funding of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) due to the government shutdown. On Oct….
When Milwaukee resident Zakiya Courtney saw a Facebook post advertising free grocery vouchers for food assistance recipients, she knew to drag her family members out to Fondy Farmers Market on Nov. 1. Courtney, a 72-year-old retired educator, does not qualify for food aid under the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program (SNAP), known as FoodShare in Wisconsin….