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Warner Senate bill aims to increase access to healthy, nutritious food, eliminate food deserts Published Saturday, Feb. 6, 2021, 2:37 pm Join AFP's 100,000+ followers on Facebook Purchase a subscription to AFP | Subscribe to AFP podcasts on iTunes News, press releases, letters to the editor: augustafreepress2@gmail.com Front Page » Government/Politics » Politics2 » Warner Senate bill aims to increase access to healthy, nutritious food, eliminate food deserts (© belyaaa – stock.adobe.com) According to recent data from USDA, nearly 40 million Americans live in food deserts, areas define...

Seagull flying over fence with barbwire mesh at sunset Lisa Valder Overview Historically, the roughly 3,000 local jails operating in the United States have received less public and policymaker attention than prisons. 1 But now, the COVID-19 pandemic has put jails—secure correctional facilities, generally operated by county or municipal governments, where people are detained before trial or confined post-conviction for periods usually lasting less than a year—under additional scrutiny. 2 Jails rely on close confinement and so are high risk for disease transmission. 3 Local governments are ...