BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — Gov. Jeff Landry, First Lady Sharon Landry, and Franciscan Missionaries of Our Lady Health System (FMOLHS) President E.J. Kuiper joined morning show host Sydney ...
Louisiana intends to step in for the federal government in November and provide food aid for most of the state’s needy. But those benefits will trickle out in weekly installments instead of all at ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (Louisiana First) — The Greater Baton Rouge Food Bank is one of five food banks receiving part of a $300,000 grant from the Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Louisiana Foundation to help ...
Louisiana food banks are preparing for a surge in demand due to a potential stoppage of SNAP benefits in November. A state plan to use $150 million to temporarily continue benefits is awaiting ...
This area of Louisiana may be known as a college town, but it's actually a paradise for food lovers who want to eat po'boys, ...
House Bill 218 in Louisiana would require school districts to screen public school students for food insecurity and provide ...
BATON ROUGE--Louisiana is one of the few politically red states — and the only one in the Deep South — stepping up to fund SNAP benefits amid a federal suspension of food assistance payments.
Brookshire Grocery Co. is donating $500,000 to food banks in Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma. The donation comes amid a rising hunger crisis, a federal government shutdown and a temporary ...
Louisiana stepped in at the start of the month to replace food assistance the federal government was withholding as part of the continuing shutdown. But now that two separate courts have ordered the ...
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WASHINGTON – Louisiana food banks have seen an influx in demand as federal funding for food stamps expired due to the federal government shutdown, which has gone on 34 days with no end in sight Monday ...