Texas passes on $450 million summer lunch program for low-income families
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The USDA estimates the families of 3.8 million children could have received $120 per child to cover summer lunches if the state participated in the new $2.5 billion program launching this summer. Texas is one of 15 states opting out.
After weeks of debate and years of planning, Holland voters spoke on a crucial land sale during the special election Tuesday, May 2, passing the proposal by a comfortable margin.
The city of Holland is asking voters to approve a land swap for a major waterfront property development, but a group of people hopes the project ends up dead in the water.
Holland voters will decide May 2 if the city can sell the former James De Young Power Plant site, enabling a land swap with Verplank Dock Co.