Wesley Bishop
May 3, 2018
The federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) currently keeps more than 400,000 households in Louisiana, including 407,000 children, from going hungry. A recent analysis of the House Agriculture Committee’s version of the federal farm bill lays out why it would increase food insecurity and hardship across the country.
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18.3 - percentage of households in Louisiana that are food insecure, which is 5.3 percentage points higher than the U.S. average. (Source: United States Department of Agriculture)September 26, 2017
Sen. Bill Cassidy’s dangerous health care bill is on life support after a third GOP senator - Susan Collins of Maine - announced her opposition to the legislation late Monday.