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From staff reports Contributed HONORED — The Children’s Hunger Alliance, a non-profit organization dedicated to eradicating childhood food insecurity, honored the Indian Creek Local School District’s Food Service team for their dedication to feeding students during the COVID-19 pandemic. The staff worked with the Bay 6 Project of Mingo Junction to serve an estimated 89,000 breakfast and lunch meals to children amid the shutdown and their efforts have earned accolades for the program. Among those helping were, front from left, Lisa Pearce, P.J. Redmond, Angela Van Kirk and Ashle...

Now those on the right argue that this is just $27 million in a budget where nearly $500 million is dedicated to summer feeding program. but since when is $27 million a drop in the bucket? certainly not for poor kids in chicago or in new york, or in atlanta. and at a time when there seems to be so little we can agree on in washington, this seems to be a particularly heartless move from republicans. joining me now is karen finney. thanks for joining me on the show tonight. >> hey, rev. >> so this is just one part of a larger children's food program, but why exclude urban poor kids at all? espec...

I don't think we want to emulate china at all on this issue. >> yeah, and one other issue that you did bring up that i do want to ask you about, because we are headed toward summer. and on one of the other programs that is administered by your department is the summer food program. how important is that, and how much in jeopardy is that given the makeup of congress right now? >> it's extraordinarily important, and we need resources and we need partners. 20 million youngsters participate in our school lunch and school breakfast program at free or reduced rates. when they leave school, only abou...