Almost nobody has been moved into permanent supportive housing.
Food and Nutrition
There are few staff to monitor Nebraska’s vast swaths of farmland, thousands of cattle feedlots, large hog operations and chicken farms. And the agencies’ own regulations don’t give the staff many tools to combat malpractice.
Recent studies have found that areas with elevated nitrate levels also have elevated levels of lymphoma, leukemia and brain cancers in children.
Nebraska’s nitrate problem is growing worse. It’s likely harming our kids.
Across the Inland Empire, many are feeling the pinch of inflation and can’t keep up with the rising costs of food.
Residents in a 'food desert' make long trips to get fresh produce, milk and eggs.
A single parent, the 26-year-old juggles working at a grocery store and driving for Instacart, all while taking care of her two children.
Like many families in the sprawling Inland Empire, the Zavalas feel the pressure record inflation this summer has put on their wallets over the past year.
The Biden administration just laid out a strategy to expand free meals to 9 million more students by 2032. School nutrition directors are urging universal meals for all — now.
“Lights don’t feed kids,” one Democrat tweeted after the Governor’s Mansion was lit orange to raise awareness about hunger.