(The Center Square) – While low-income families saw an increase in their federal SNAP benefits when the pandemic hit, it also created a “benefits cliff” that could discourage work and the supply of...
U.S. Jobless Claims Reach Six-Month High
As the U.S. demand for labor cools, companies have laid off employees to remain profitable, with a report showing that the number of job cuts jumped 57% month-over-month in June. This brought the...
Emergency SNAP Benefits Extended Through June
Approximately 1.3 million Texas households can access the state's emergency Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), a federal program giving food assistance to eligible low-income families...
New Claims for Unemployment Benefits Rise
The number of new claims filed for unemployment benefits ticked upward in the last week of April, after successive weeks of decline. For the week ending April 30, new jobless claims rose 19,000 to a...
By Pete Griffin | May 9, 2022
Support for Independent Meat Processors Will Have Far-Reaching Benefits
If you recently bought meat from a local farmer, you are not alone. Over the past 22 months, millions of Americans quit overpaying at the grocery store and began buying food grown closer to home....
