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Senate passes bill expanding work requirements for SNAP benefits

CHARLESTON — Senators passed a bill that would expand requirements for work or employment training for able-bodied adults without dependents for benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The bill passed on a 32-2 vote and now goes to the House of Delegates. SB ...

Bill expanding requirements for SNAP benefits advances

The full Senate will vote on a bill that would expand requirements for work or employment training for able-bodied adults without dependents for benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. The Senate Finance Committee reviewed the bill Tuesday afternoon and advanced ...

Feb. 18 letters to the editor

Proposed bills from a W.Va. resident As usual, the West Virginia legislative session started, and I didn’t have my agenda of bills ready. Here’s an early draft for next year. My Bill 1 (MB1) is the “I’m not driving too slow, you’re driving too fast” bill. This bill simply ...

Lifetime SNAP ban for drug felons is cruel

As Missouri lawmakers embark on yet another legislative session sure to be defined by right-wing extremism and entrenched partisanship, positive exception has arisen regarding, of all things, public assistance: A bipartisan proposal would finally end a cruel and counterproductive lifetime ban ...

Guest essay: Lawmakers must move forward on farm bill

by Caitlin Cook Food banks are facing a food crisis. A majority of the more than 200 food banks in the Feeding America network serving every county in the country, which Mountaineer Food Bank is part of, report steady or increased demand for food since June 2021. This food crisis ...