(The Center Square) – An Illinois state lawmaker blames “reckless immigration policies” after a crash killed Coles County Board Member Mike Clayton and his wife, Gail. The driver is reportedly in the U.S. illegally. Edwin Pacheco-Meza is being charged with driving under the influence and reckless homicide. State Rep. Adam Niemerg, whose district includes Coles […]

A group of Democratic states is suing the Department of Agriculture and its secretary, Brooke Rollins, for failing to use emergency funds to help alleviate the lapse in Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits caused by the government shutdown. Filed in a Massachusetts federal court on Tuesday, the lawsuit alleges the Trump administration illegally suspended SNAP […]

(The Center Square) – Wisconsin is joining the lawsuit to stop the end of SNAP benefits this weekend. Gov. Tony Evers said President Trump, however, doesn’t have to wait on the case, that the president could simply give Wisconsin the $115 million needed to cover the state’s food stamp tab in November. “They can do it. […]

Gov. Andy Beshear (D-KY) railed against the Trump administration in a press briefing on Tuesday for not allowing emergency funds to be used for Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits during the government shutdown. SNAP funding is expected to lapse on Nov. 1, and the Department of Agriculture has announced that contingency funds will not be […]