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gjaehnig@mininggazette.com Photo courtesy of 31 Backpacks 31 BackPacks bags conducted its winter break Big Pack earlier this week, which distributes food and other items to low-income families with K-12 students, or those who have been negatively impacted by repeated Coronavirus-related shutdowns. HOUGHTON — Thirty-One Backpacks conducted its conducted its Big Pack earlier this week, which organization co-founder, Laurel Maki, said went well. Due to Coronavirus precautions, however, the project was handled with a much smaller than usual staff. “it took us longer to get ready and get set u...

Less. removing hundreds of thousands of out of work americans from food stamps is not reflective of our values. >> the snap program is supposed to be a safety net and not a lifestyle. the trump administration is targeting those who are able to work who are not working and not looking for a job. we want to encourage people to get out there and participate in the work force. the economy is strong. there are jobs available. we watched the story of the man using a snap card to buy lobster. america is a generous country. we are for kids not being hungry and the elderly to be taken care of. there ha...

Generous country that should do more to help the most vulnerable, not less. removing hundreds of thousands of out of work americans from the program is not reflective of our values. >> the snap program is supposed to be a safety net, not a lifestyle and the trump administration is targeting those who are able to work who aren't working, aren't looking for a job. we want to encourage people to get out and participate in the workforce. look at the economy, there are jobs available. people need to get in there. look at this man using a staff car to buy lobster, it is outrageous and america is a v...

$16 billion this year alone to make welfare payments to agri business affected by trump's trade war. the rule announced today represents just one phase of trump's planned cuts for the nation's 36.4 million food stamp recipients. if and when two other initiatives take effect, the urban institute, which studies this sort of thing, estimates the measures would together cut 3.7 million beneficiaries from the snap program. critics say this is a completely unnecessary attack on the poorest americans and their ability to feed themselves. joining me now is one of those critics, debbie stabenow of mich...

Service, people in rural america, and it will save about a billion dollars a year, but it's also going to hurt retailers that need that food service as well. ironically they're doing this at the same time, removing a lot of people from the program, while providing anywhere between 15 and $25 billion in direct payments for farmers for losses through these tariffs that are taking place with china. i certainly don't object to some of those payments but at a time when we're moving the poorest people off the snap program, we're certainly not doing the same scrutiny with people who are getting these...