Senate committee advances bill tightening rules for food benefits, Medicaid

Kentucky Republicans passed a bill out of a committee Monday that would put tighter rules on public assistance despite strong concerns from various advocacy groups and organizations that it would strip many low-income Kentuckians of needed assistance with food and healthcare.

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