Posts Tagged Food Deserts
Grocery Fund Would Help Kickstart Access to Food
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on February 26, 2018
Credit: Stuart Rankin / Flickr
A bipartisan push to increase access to healthy foods is making its way through the General Assembly. The proposal would create the Grocery Investment Fund, to help get new businesses off the ground in areas that need them. Mallory Noe-Payne reports.
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From NPR News- California Rejects State's Largest Utility's Bankruptcy Pan December 14, 2019Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to expedite the beleaguered PG&E bankruptcy case in time for next year's wildfire season. But Newsom said the utility's plan "falls woefully short" of what is needed.
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