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Jul 27, 2020

What to do about those $600? That’s still the question.

Republicans are expected to roll out their trillion-dollar coronavirus relief package today. A 17% jump in the number of people in the U.S. relying on food stamps. And, how have plant-based meat companies fared during COVID-19?

The benefits vary from state to state, though right now, recipients also qualify for $600 a week in federal pandemic unemployment benefits. — The benefits vary from state to state, though right now, recipients also qualify for $600 a week in federal pandemic unemployment benefits.
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It doesn't look like Senate Republicans intend to extend the extra $600-a-week pandemic unemployment benefits
Instead, they’re proposing a scaled-back unemployment supplement. Marketplace’s Nancy Marshall-Genzer reports.
Need for food stamps surges with pandemic
by Samantha Fields
Scott Heins/Getty Images
More than six million people signed up for food stamps in just three months, more than in the first 17 months of the Great Recession.
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How are plant-based meat companies faring during the pandemic?
by Kristin Schwab
Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images
Beyond Meat reports quarterly results Monday, which may offer a glimpse into how the sector is doing.
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David Brancaccio Host
Victoria Craig Host, BBC
Stephen Ryan Senior Producer, BBC
Jonathan Frewin Producer, BBC
Daniel Shin Producer
Jay Siebold Technical Director
Meredith Garretson Morbey Senior Producer
Alex Schroeder Producer
Erika Soderstrom Producer
Rose Conlon Producer
Brian Allison Technical Director