Mar 15, 2021

$1.9 trillion relief plan includes help for food insecurity

One in eight people in the United States may experience food insecurity this year, according to a projection from hunger relief organization Feeding America. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

Airline business has started to pick up. The plan could also provide help with ventilation in schools as they plan to reopen.

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Pandemic relief package includes spending aimed at reducing food insecurity

by Samantha Fields

Mar 15, 2021

Some measures directly target food insecurity, like the extension of a SNAP benefit increase. Others are more indirect.

One in eight people in the United States may experience food insecurity this year, according to a projection from hunger relief organization Feeding America.

Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images

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Stimulus could fund ventilation improvements in classrooms

by Meghan McCarty Carino

Mar 15, 2021

Run-down public schools made air quality a problem before COVID.

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