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Posts tagged SNAP Benefits
Job advocates call for ambitious COVID relief
Coalition of workforce, community groups seeks cash stimulus, unemployment extension, expansion of food stamps
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Ted CoxCoronavirus, Coronavirus Relief, Coronavirus Stimulus, COVID-19, COVID-19 Relief, Illinois Coronavirus, Illinois COVID-19, Mari Castaldi, Chicago Jobs Council, Chicago Citywide Literacy Coalition, Chicago Community Loan Fund, Chicago Mayor's Office for People With Disabilities, Economic Security for Illinois, Heartland Alliance, Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law, Women Employed, YWCA of Metropolitan Chicago, CARES Act, Heroes Act, J.B. Pritzker, Restaurants Act, Illinois Working Families, Food Stamps, SNAP Benefits
Congressional Dems seek to add food stamps to farmers' markets
Reps. Kelly, Garcia, Rush back Sens. Duckworth, Durbin
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Ted CoxFood Stamps, SNAP Benefits, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, Robin Kelly, Jesus "Chuy" Garcia, Bobby Rush, Tammy Duckworth, Dick Durbin, USDA, Illinois Environmental Council, Farmers Market Coalition
Pritzker expands student-loan relief, food stamps
Steps taken to ease economic impact of coronavirus crisis as state reports 1,551 new cases, 119 deaths
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Ted CoxChicago Coronavirus, Coronavirus, Illinois Coronavirus, COVID-19, Chicago COVID-19, Illinois COVID-19, J.B. Pritzker, Ngozi Ezike, Student Loans, Food Stamps, SNAP Benefits
Work requirement for food stamps draws flak
Pritzker decries Trump plan to kick 140,000 Illinoisans off SNAP benefits as ‘ugliest possible tactics’
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Raoul joins 23 AGs in defending food stamps
Trump rule taking effect Oct. 15 will hurt students and seniors worst, says Illinois attorney general
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Trump threatens food stamps for thousands of Illinoisans
Prez seeks to close ‘loophole’ that streamlined, expanded enrollment
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Ted CoxDonald Trump, Barack Obama, Food Stamps, SNAP Benefits, IDHS, Illinois Department of Human Services, USDA, Sonny Perdue, Meghan Powers, Nolan Downey, Rob Undersander
Feed the hungry, create jobs
Food-stamp study finds impact especially strong during Great Recession in rural communities
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