“These cuts are not filtering out ‘waste, fraud, and abuse’… they are parents deciding between paying the electric bill and putting food on the table, or skipping meals.” Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is now at its lowest point in 17 years thanks to cuts made in the Republican Party’s One Big Beautiful […]
“We are feverishly fundraising and talking to the board about the need to provide grants, but in reality, we are limited,” said the executive director of the Central Illinois Food Bank. Food banks across the US, from New Mexico to Oregon to Illinois, are seeing massive increases in demand as the unprecedented federal nutrition aid […]
(Anchorage, AK) – Acting Alaska Attorney General Cori Mills has joined a coalition of 43 states and territories announcing a $400 million settlement in principle with Sandoz Inc. to resolve allegations that the generic drug manufacturer engaged in widespread, long-running conspiracies to artificially inflate and manipulate prices, reduce competition, and unreasonably restrain trade with regard to […]
“The immense hardship these families are now facing is not, in fact, ‘a pretty big win,’” said one policy expert. US Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins bragged on Tuesday that the Trump administration has now “moved 5 million people off food stamps,” an outcome that she hailed as a significant victory even amid mounting reports of families with children struggling to afford […]