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A new program in Indiana will ensure year-round access to nutritious meals for students statewide. The Summer Electronic Transfer program provides a one-time $120 payment for school-aged children on an EBT card. The card can be used at grocery stores, farmers markets and other retailers. ...

Alabama is one of 14 states opting out of the 2024 summer electronic benefit program. As summer rolls around, there will be no programs in place to help low-income families with grocery costs. LaTrell Clifford Wood, hunger policy advocate for the group Alabama Arise, said as a result, more than 500,000 children who usually receive free or reduced lunch could go without meals. ...

"The Supreme Judicial Court must consider its impact on civil liberties," writes one stakeholder. Another writes, "The visionary action in Brookline to phase out tobacco sales to anyone born after 1999 is a major step forward."

Surgeon general report on gun violence would help Thank you to the Marin IJ for reporting the actions by the Republican Party and the National Rifle Association to stifle gun violence research in California (“GOP, NRA target California’s gun violence research,” Aug. 2). It was a major step forward in 2019 when the Trump administration […]

A California lawmaker has revised a bill that would have eliminated tobacco sales over time and replaced it ...

A bill to phase out all tobacco sales in California has been shelved, and anti-tobacco groups won’t say why they didn’t offer support. The bill was amended to focus on enforcing an existing ban on flavored tobacco.

Three years ago, advocates for reducing smoking and vaping in California won a major victory when they persuaded the state Legislature to adopt a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products despite an intense