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Changes in SNAP Benefit Levels and Food Spending and Diet Quality: Simulations from the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey

Policy Brief: Boosting SNAP Benefits Would Increase Spending on Groceries and Improve the Nutritional Quality of Food Purchases

Groceries are exempt from sales taxes in most US counties

Foods purchased at grocery stores were exempt from sales taxes in 57% of the counties in the US in 2019, accor...

Free food at school and work often of low nutritional quality

Food obtained for free at school or work makes up an important part of the nutrition safety net for low-income households.

In the shadow of the frontline: After testing positive for COVID, a Springfield DPW worker turned to prayer; 'Don't let it touch my family'

In the shadow of the frontline: After testing positive for COVID, a Springfield DPW worker turned to prayer; ‘Don’t let it touch my family’ Updated Jan 28, 2021; Posted Jan 28, 2021 Angel LaSanta works for the Department of Public Works as solid waste removal in Springfield. (Douglas Hook / MassLive) Facebook Share _____________________________________________ Each morning at 4 a.m., 40-year-old Angel LaSanta drives his automated side loader from Springfield neighborhood to neighborhood, collecting household waste as an employee of the Department of Public Works. He then takes it to the incinerator in Agawam just over the river from the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame.