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Lawmakers steer toward food stamp clash on work requirements

WASHINGTON — Lawmakers, as they work on the 2023 farm bill, are staking out positions on nutrition and food stamps — the Agriculture Department’s biggest single program and a perennial source of contention.

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers steer toward food stamp clash on work requirements - Roll Call

Food stamps are on course again to be a flash point in the farm bill as some Republicans want to add work requirements for recipients.

Roll Call

GOP accused of "pro-starvation agenda"

"Stop playing politics with people's lives," warns Rep. Summer Lee

Salon

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Small business borrowers in Illinois need more protection from predatory lending

A common reality for small businesses is thinking you’re paying one price for your loan, and instead realizing, sometimes too late, that your actual Annual Percentage Rate (APR) is in fact in the triple digits.

Chicago Sun-Times

Thousands to lose aid under Iowa bill backed by lawmakers

Thousands of Iowa residents are expected to lose Medicaid and food stamp benefits under a bill given final legislative approval and sent to Gov. Kim Reynolds

The Independent UK

10 unexpectedly brilliant metal covers of 90s pop songs

This might be the only article where you see Britney Spears, Backstreet Boys and Celine Dion mentioned in the same space as Ghost, Deftones and, er, Fleshgod Apocalypse

Metal Hammer

Sorry students, these goofy Snapchat Lenses in Microsoft Teams are for professional use only

Snap shut down its Camera app a few months ago, but you can now use Snapchat Lenses directly within Microsoft.

Windows Central

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Sick of Microsoft Teams virtual backgrounds? You can now use Snapchat Lenses instead

Microsoft reckons adding more virtual effects will help teams build better bridges and work harder.

TechRadar

Victims criticize church after Catholic sex abuse report

While the Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore has touted its transparency in publishing the names of clergy credibly accused of sexual abuse, a report released this week by the Maryland attorney general raises questions about whether the church’s list is incomplete

The Independent UK

Church sex abuse report gives voice to survivors: ‘I just want the darkness ... to finally come to light’

BALTIMORE — Time has moved on. Many are gray-haired now, and their abusers long dead or otherwise beyond being prosecuted.

Tribune News Service

Snapchat censors chatbot for kids after it discussed weed and sex

The bot allegedly told a reporter pretending to be a child how to plan for sexual intercourse with a 31-year-old

Evening Standard

Texans who take custody of their relatives’ kids struggle to make ends meet — and to get more aid from the state

Relative caregivers, like grandparents who want to keep kids out of foster care, usually get half as much state assistance as strangers who take in children.

The Texas Tribune

This Year's Farm Bill Threatens To Be a Bigger Monster Than Ever

The massive piece of legislation embodies all that is wrong with American lawmaking.

Reason

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Terror threat in N. Ireland up to ‘severe’ ahead of expected Biden trip

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Weekly US Government Data Roundup: March 28, 2023

USAFacts analyzes data from the ATF on guns used in crimes and the rise in ghost guns. Plus, see charts on diversity in the civilian federal workforce.

Tribune News Service

Lawmakers: Expand federal aid for hungry troops

WASHINGTON — House members from both parties have signed on to two bills filed late last week aimed at expanding federal aid to hungry American troops and their families, and a similar push is underway in the Senate.

Roll Call

Lawmakers: Expand federal aid for hungry troops - Roll Call

DOD figures show some 286,800 personnel in the active-duty force, or nearly 1 in 4 military servicemembers, experience “low food security.”

Axios

Social media's new pay-for-play rules

Twitter's Elon Musk says only paying subscribers' messages will be featured in the service's main feed.

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The Conversation

Extra food assistance cushioned the early pandemic's blow on kids' mental health

The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

Fortune

Snap growth executive Jacob Andreou joins Greylock

The eight-year social media executive will join the venture capital firm in May and invest in early-stage consumer companies.

The Texas Tribune

SNAP recipients will see a cut in food benefits starting this month

During the pandemic, Texans received extra money on their Lone Star cards through the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, also known as food stamps. That extra money ends this month.

StockNews.com

2 Stocks to Sell Short in 2023

Amidst high inflation, banking failures in recent weeks, and tight monetary policies, the economy is expected to witness a downturn this year. Against this backdrop, fundamentally weak stocks, Snap (SNAP) and Peloton Interactive (PTON) could be best sold short, liquidated, or avoided completely. Read on.

Tribune News Service

Congress may boost Puerto Rico food assistance under plan backed by NY Sens. Gillibrand and Schumer

WASHINGTON — Americans who need food shouldn’t get vastly less help than other citizens just because they live in Puerto Rico, lawmakers on Capitol Hill said Wednesday as they introduced a bill that would level the scales for the island territory.

Salon

"Punitive" GOP bill threatens food aid

About a quarter of all food stamp recipients could lose their benefits

Chicago Sun-Times

Pass legislation to help farmers, food banks do more to fight hunger

We should also create the Illinois Food Rescue Authority, a business-to-business logistical platform for delivering otherwise discarded, perfectly usable food to food banks, pantries and charities.

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