March 15, 2025

tag:Welfare & Unemployment

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Millions of hungry kids denied access to summer EBT funds

On a blistering-hot June day in Birmingham, Alabama, Elena Vasquez Garcia sautéed chicken and bell peppers over the stove, ingredients for tacos topped with “expensive” avocados for her three children at home, after she’d spent the week at a food pantry catering to community members who can’t afford meat, milk and produce. Feeding four people

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Louisville housing authority missing $17M in Section 8 funds, suit says

A former Louisville Metro Housing Authority employee says as much as $17 million in Section 8 funds are missing from the agency. And after raising concerns about the unaccounted-for funds to federal officials, he was fired. The plaintiff, Matt Swain, is now suing the housing authority, claiming retaliation under the Kentucky Whistleblower Act. He joined

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