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U.S. Senators Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) introduced (Jan. 26, 2024) legislation that would ...

Several industry trade associations have endorsed the bill.

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Governor Tim Walz and Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan last week announced that over 1 million more lunches have been served monthly by the free school meals program this year, saving

Thousands of children throughout New Jersey are newly eligible for free lunch and/or breakfast through the Working Families Anti-Hunger Act. The legislation...

A newly released report, “Equity on the Menu: The Case for Universal Free School Meals,” warns that federal school meal programs are not reaching many students in Hawaiʻi households that are struggling to make ends meet.

Each student is allowed one free breakfast and one free lunch daily. Software is used to track if a student has received a meal.

Minnesota’s new universal school meals program has proved more popular than originally expected, with more than 2.2 million additional lunches and breakfasts served in the first month of the school year. Gov. Tim Walz, Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan and Education Commissioner Willie Jett served lunch at Edgerton Elementary School in Maplewood Tuesday to promote that fact. Success, however, has come ...

Gov. Tim Walz and other officials served lunch at Edgerton Elementary in Maplewood to promote the program's popularity.

No child in our state should ever go hungry. Unfortunately, many are falling through the cracks.