South Dakota doesn’t have a plan to cover federal food assistance for 75,000 if shutdown continues

Nearly 75,000 South Dakotans — roughly one in 12 residents — will lose food assistance benefits if the federal government shutdown persists into next week, state officials acknowledged Monday. The ...

California’s First Step Toward Artificial Integrity: SB 243 Moves To Protect Human Agency From AI

California Senate Bill 243 is a turning point indicating that Free-Harm in AI systems is explicitly becoming a market demand ...
Opinion

Homeowners Are Facing an Insurance Crisis. CR Thinks These 9 Basic Rights Could Help.

Melissa Hudson says she was stunned last year when the insurance premiums on her home in Port Orchard, Wash., shot up 40 percent—even though she’d intentionally bought a home at low risk for fire, ...
LAist

'Uncharted territory': Ongoing shutdown threatens food aid for 42 million people

SNAP, the country's largest anti-hunger program, dates back to the Great Depression and has never been disrupted this way.

SNAP Benefits: Trump Admin Rejects Use of Emergency Funding Amid Shutdown

More than 200 Democratic lawmakers sent a letter Friday to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urging her to use the ...