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PNS Daily Newscast - January 18, 2019. 


A blockbuster storm forecast to bring major snowfall to the Midwest today, Northeast over the weekend. Also on the Friday rundown: Women’s Marches planned across the nation tomorrow; plus Democrats slog through Iowa on path to the White House.

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Hunger/Food/Nutrition

More than 600,000 people in Indiana rely on food assistance through SNAP to put food on the table. (USDA)
Indiana Steps Up Efforts to Fight Food Insecurity During Shutdown
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
INDIANAPOLIS — With the federal government shutdown in its fourth week, state and federal leaders, along with hunger-fighting groups, are ...Read More
State and county workers in Minnesota are working hard to make sure the state's 500,000 low-income people receive their February food stamp benefits early, despite a partial federal government shutdown.(Twenty20)
Gov't. Shutdown Means Early Checks for MN SNAP Recipients
Tuesday, January 15, 2019
ST. PAUL, Minn. — As the partial federal government shutdown drags on, the United States Department of Agriculture will pay February's ...Read More
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has not specified if funding will continue for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) after January, should the federal shutdown continue. (Alexas_Fotos/Pixabay)
USDA says SNAP Will Be Protected During Government Shutdown
Wednesday, January 9, 2019
COLUMBUS, Ohio - Federal officials say fallout from the government shutdown will not impact the food security of families already living on the edge ...Read More
Under current law, SNAP beneficiaries aged 18-49 not raising children cannot receive benefits for more than three months in a three-year period unless they are employed or are enrolled in a job-training program. (Maxpixel)
Government Shutdown Stalls Food-Stamp Work Requirements
Monday, January 7, 2019
DENVER — The Trump administration's proposal to expand work requirements for SNAP benefits - the program formerly known as food stamps - is mean ...Read More
About 235,000 Minnesotans live more than 10 miles from a large grocery store. (Tony Webster/Flickr)
Reinvestment Urged in Program Providing Food to Underserved Minnesotans
Wednesday, January 2, 2019
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A program designed to give access to healthy, affordable food to Minnesotans will run out of funding without reinvestment ...Read More
Elizabeth Henderson, who is speaking at a conference in Ohio, was instrumental in creating food justice certification labeling. (Courtesy of Elizabeth Henderson)
Uniting Social Justice, Food Justice on Farms
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
DAYTON, Ohio — Healthy food and justice for all need to be united in order to create a food system worth sustaining, according to an organic ...Read More
A new federal report says antibiotic use in farm animals decreased by about one-third from 2016 to 2017. (takeasnap/Moprguefile)
Plan Announced to Control Use of Antibiotics in Livestock
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The major players in the meat industry have developed what they're calling a "stewardship plan" they say will ensure that ...Read More
Working families in New Mexico who are earning low wages spend a much larger share of their income on food, compared with middle-income groups. (rrfb.org)
Poll: New Mexicans Oppose Reinstating Food Tax
Wednesday, December 26, 2018
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Nearly 90 percent of New Mexico residents who are likely to vote in 2020 oppose reinstatement of a tax on food. Renewal ...Read More
More people might rely on food pantries and charitable groups if a work requirement proposal for SNAP is approved. (Compassion Connect/Flickr)
Trump Administration Resurrects Work Requirements for SNAP
Monday, December 24, 2018
PORTLAND, Ore. — Hunger-fighting groups thought a work requirement for food stamp recipients was dead after it was taken out of the Farm Bill ...Read More
About 460,000 Minnesotans receive SNAP food benefits, part of the 2019 Farm Bill signed by President Donald Trump on Thursday. (salvationarmynorth.org)
New Farm Bill Signed Into Law; Hungry Americans Remain
Friday, December 21, 2018
ST. PAUL, Minn. – Organizations that fight hunger in the U.S. are applauding the 2019 Farm Bill, but they point out that millions of Americans ...Read More
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