Bowling Green Independent Schools elementary students explored the Need More Acres farm to learn where their food comes from and how it grows during the Bowling Green Independent Schools’ fourth
The battle over property taxes and education in the Mountain State has intensified as Election Day nears. Opponents of Amendments 2 and 4 have argued that funding for public services and local control over education are at stake. West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy executive director Kelly Allen said Amendment 2 would result in a $515 million loss in state revenue by slashing property taxes on vehicles and equipment used for businesses. .
Ohio has more than one-third remaining of the $5.4 billion dollars allocated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury through the American Rescue Plan Act, and a new tool is keeping an eye on how the state is distributing those funds. Kelsey Bergfeld, director of Advocates for Ohio s Future, which partnered with the Ohio Poverty Law Center to launch the Ohio ARPA Tracker, explained it will help Ohioans to better understand the policy priorities and decisions elected officials are making, and opportunities for advocacy for the remaining dollars. .
This week the Internal Revenue Service announced it is fixing the Affordable Care Act s so-called family glitch, which calculated affordability for enrollees based on the cost to them alone, leaving out dependents. The Biden administration said around one million Americans will either gain coverage or shrink their coverage costs as a result of the new rule. Cara Stewart, director of policy advocacy at Kentucky Voices for Health, said under the glitch, school lunch workers, bus drivers or others who typically have access to employer-sponsored coverage but cannot afford to cover the cost of insuring their children or spouse were left out. .
The White House is recommending "food as medicine" as part of a new nationwide strategy to increase healthy eating and reduce the number of Americans struggling with diet-related conditions such as obesity, diabetes and high blood pressure. Michelle Howell, owner of the Need More Acres Farm in Scottsville, said U. S. .