Posts Tagged School Lunches
Congressman Scott is Trying to Defend Free or Reduced-Price School Lunches
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on June 6, 2019
One Virginia congressman is fighting against the Trump administration’s efforts to limit free or reduced-price lunches in public schools. Michael Pope reports.
New Federal Program Seeks to Pay for Lunches at High-Poverty Schools
Posted by Nick Gilmore in Virginia's News on June 14, 2018
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Census figures show that the number of children who live in poverty in Virginia is on the rise, and school administrators across the commonwealth are using new money from the federal government to do something about it. Michael Pope reports.
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From NPR News- Trump Seizes On Soggy Paper Straws As Campaign Issue: 'Make Straws Great Again' July 20, 2019The president's reelection campaign is now selling reusable and recycled straws in their 2020 online store, because they claim "lberal paper straws don't work."
- Study: Sugar Rules The World And Ruins Teeth July 19, 2019The authors of a new study say dental health is especially bad in low- and middle-income countries — and that Big Sugar works to make sure soda and candy aren't targeted as cavity culprits.
- Director Of National Intelligence Dan Coats Appoints New Election Security Czar July 19, 2019Spy world veteran Shelby Pierson will attempt to centralize election security efforts across the intelligence community with soon-to-be-designated agency leads.
- Iran Seizes British-Flagged Oil Tanker In Strait Of Hormuz July 19, 2019Ship-tracking data show the U.K. tanker Stena Impero was traveling to Saudi Arabia when it veered toward Iran's coast. British media report the government warns shipping to stay out of the area.
- Trump Administration Repatriates, Charges Citizen Who Allegedly Fought For ISIS July 19, 2019A criminal complaint charging Ruslan Maratovich Asainov was unsealed in New York City; prosecutors say he was a sniper and weapons trainer for the Islamic State in Syria.
- Trump Seizes On Soggy Paper Straws As Campaign Issue: 'Make Straws Great Again' July 20, 2019
- From BBC News
- Iran seizes British tanker in Strait of Hormuz July 20, 2019A second tanker is now back on its way after it was boarded by armed guards in the Strait of Hormuz.
- Donald Trump: Boris Johnson 'will do a great job as PM' July 19, 2019“He's a different kind of a guy but they say I’m a different kind of guy too," the US president says.
- Ministers pledge to end 'poor doors' in new build housing July 19, 2019The government says separate entrances "stigmatise" social housing tenants in new developments.
- HS2: Costs review 'ongoing' amid reported £30bn overrun July 19, 2019The boss of the new high-speed rail link has reportedly warned the project will exceed its £56bn budget.
- Met Police hacked with bizarre tweets and emails posted July 20, 2019A series of messages are sent from the Met's account calling for the release of a drill rap artist.
- Iran seizes British tanker in Strait of Hormuz July 20, 2019
