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WIC is getting a refresh, but requirements are still tough to navigate

The family nutrition program is restrictive by design, but updates to the food package are giving parents and kids more options. ....

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Enrollment drops at two-year colleges after minimum wage gains

A new paper says community college enrollments fall in response to state-level minimum wage increases, but degree completion rates largely stay the same. A new working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found that community colleges lose students when a state’s minimum wage increases, but that degree attainment rates at these institutions remain mostly unchanged. The paper, released Monday, notes that there have been almost 400 state-level minimum wage changes between 1986 and 2019. Of those changes, 239 were minimum wage increases of at least 6 percent, and 96 were increases of at least 10 percent. ....

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Transitions: Johnson C. Smith U. Names New President; U. of California at Berkeley Chancellor to Retire

Valerie Kinloch, dean of the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh, has been named president of Johnson C. Smith University. ....

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Debt-ceiling deal will impact 750,000 SNAP recipients

SNAP users aged 50-54 are the most impacted; analyst said they could cut back on food spending as a result ....

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Plunging over the hunger cliff

In the Kentucky town of Hazel Green last month, cars and trucks lined up for a mile, sometimes waiting nine hours for the local food bank to open. “From the ....

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