While the Trump administration has been ordered by two courts to use emergency funds to pay SNAP recipients, the ripple effects of potentially halting payments to 42 million people extend beyond the program participants. Goodwill of North Georgia is preparing to bear the full cost of its SNAP Employment and Training program — at a […]
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Atlanta leaders rally for the ‘Soul of Atlanta’ against DEI crackdown
On Oct. 30, Big Bethel AME Church was as packed as ever – but this time a lineup of Atlanta’s former mayors sat at the pulpit rallying the crowd for the so-called “Soul of Atlanta” as the city faces federal pressure to gut diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Former Atlanta Mayors Ambassador Andrew Young, Bill […]
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Reporter’s Notebook: Climate pledges made on Earth Week
Happy Earth Day, Atlanta! Show Mother Nature some love today. Here’s a few ideas for how to celebrate: Get some fresh air: Arabia Mountain, Sweetwater Creek, Cochran Shoals Trail, Piedmont Park, Freedom Park Get involved: Earth Day at the Atlanta Botanical Gardens, Constitution Lakes Clean-up, live-stream some scaly friends at the Georgia Aquarium, take a […]
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2018 farm bill: Two Georgia groups represent divide over partisan proposal
Two organizations in Georgia are among those that represent the split opinions over the farm bill that Congress is to take up when it returns from recess on June 4 – the Georgia Farm Bureau and the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute.
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Trump’s proposal to alter SNAP harks back to 1964 law with Georgia roots
By Guest Columnist NEILL HERRING, a lobbyist for environmental organizations and armchair historian
Sonny Perdue, the Secretary of Agriculture for the whole, entire United States, and former governor of Georgia, has come out in favor of what used to called “surplus commodities.” This is his proposed substitute for what used to be called “food stamps.” Sonny said, early in his secretaryship, that program, now called SNAP, was “not broken,” and therefore needed no fixing.
