A handful of local advocacy and nonprofit groups are denouncing a recent budget increase for the Multnomah County District Attorney’s Office to pay for an anticipated uptick in criminal prosecutions of drug crimes. A letter signed by Safety and Justice Oregon, Portland for All, Next Up Action Fund, Unite Oregon, Partners for a Hunger-Free Oregon, and the Oregon Food Bank was sent to County Chair Jessica Vega Pederson on Thursday. It addresses a quiet move.
The U.S. House Agriculture Committee will review its version of the farm bill on May 23. Anti-hunger advocates say a proposed cut to SNAP in the bill would take away $500 million in benefits over the next decade in Oregon. Advocates are calling on the two Oregon legislators in that committee to vote "no" on the changes.
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