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Want to comment on this story? Become a subscriber today. Click here. More than two dozen Michigan school districts face the loss of nearly $42 million in reimbursement for federal pandemic relief funds after the U.S. Education Secretary Linda McMahon rescinded a previously set deadline. Michigan education officials said agencies across the country, including the
FRAMINGHAM — “Canceled.” That’s the dreaded word Jean McMurray, executive director of the Worcester County Food Bank in Shrewsbury, saw next to her most recent online order she had made. Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Northeast Regional Office confirmed to the state’s Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) that Massachusetts’ $3.4
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Brevard groups dedicated to ensuring the county’s most vulnerable residents have food are witnessing a surge in need — just as they are starting to feel the harsh effects of federal government budget cuts. Twenty-eight tractor trailer trucks traveling with food to local Florida communities have been halted, without notice. “The hits keep coming. This