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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media OAKLAND, California — La empresa de servicios públicos PG&E afirma que prestará apoyo a los clientes que hayan sufrido dificultades debido al cierre del Gobierno federal, que ha restringido temporalmente la financiación de varios programas fundamentales de protección social. “Nos preocupa cada vez que...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media OAKLAND, California — The utility company PG&E says it will support customers who suffered hardship amid the federal government shutdown, which temporarily curtailed funding for several critical safety net programs. “We are concerned any time our customers are having trouble paying a bill. So...
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Maestros del programa Head Start en California están denunciando el caos provocado no solo por el cierre del gobierno, sino también por los recortes a los programas de asistencia social. El acuerdo para poner fin al cierre solo garantiza la financiación del gobierno hasta el 30 de enero, por...
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Head Start teachers in California are speaking out about the chaos prompted not only by the government shutdown but by cuts to safety net programs. The agreement to end the shutdown only funds the government through Jan. 30, so federally funded programs like Head Start face significant uncertainty going...
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With the agreement between Republicans and a handful of moderate Democrats, the longest federal government shutdown in US history is imminently coming to an end. The answer to the question of who wins and who loses is simple: almost everyone lost, some more than others. The 42,000 SNAP beneficiaries...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media A pesar de las órdenes judiciales que establecen que el Programa Federal de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria debe recibir fondos de inmediato, el presidente Donald Trump dijo el 4 de noviembre que retendría los fondos hasta que finalice el cierre del gobierno federal. SNAP es...
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Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Despite court orders stating the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program must be immediately funded, President Donald Trump said Nov. 4 he would withhold funds until the federal government shutdown ends. SNAP is a critical food assistance program, supporting 42 million low-income people in the...
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In what has become a Washington autumn tradition, the United States federal government will face another shutdown. This is not a mere administrative technicality; the paralysis of the bureaucratic giant has direct consequences for millions of people inside and outside the country. As almost every year, history repeats itself,...
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For many people, the annual spectacle of a possible federal government shutdown in the face of chronic budget disagreements in Congress has become normalized. But a normalization of political dysfunction in Washington is unacceptable because the main victims are the most vulnerable among us: If the federal government is...
Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media OAKLAND, California — La empresa de servicios públicos PG&E afirma que prestará apoyo a los clientes que hayan sufrido dificultades debido al cierre del Gobierno federal, que ha restringido temporalmente la financiación de varios programas fundamentales de protección social. “Nos preocupa cada vez que...
Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media OAKLAND, California — The utility company PG&E says it will support customers who suffered hardship amid the federal government shutdown, which temporarily curtailed funding for several critical safety net programs. “We are concerned any time our customers are having trouble paying a bill. So...
Maestros del programa Head Start en California están denunciando el caos provocado no solo por el cierre del gobierno, sino también por los recortes a los programas de asistencia social. El acuerdo para poner fin al cierre solo garantiza la financiación del gobierno hasta el 30 de enero, por...
Head Start teachers in California are speaking out about the chaos prompted not only by the government shutdown but by cuts to safety net programs. The agreement to end the shutdown only funds the government through Jan. 30, so federally funded programs like Head Start face significant uncertainty going...
With the agreement between Republicans and a handful of moderate Democrats, the longest federal government shutdown in US history is imminently coming to an end. The answer to the question of who wins and who loses is simple: almost everyone lost, some more than others. The 42,000 SNAP beneficiaries...
Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media A pesar de las órdenes judiciales que establecen que el Programa Federal de Asistencia Nutricional Suplementaria debe recibir fondos de inmediato, el presidente Donald Trump dijo el 4 de noviembre que retendría los fondos hasta que finalice el cierre del gobierno federal. SNAP es...
Sunita Sohrabji American Community Media Despite court orders stating the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program must be immediately funded, President Donald Trump said Nov. 4 he would withhold funds until the federal government shutdown ends. SNAP is a critical food assistance program, supporting 42 million low-income people in the...
In what has become a Washington autumn tradition, the United States federal government will face another shutdown. This is not a mere administrative technicality; the paralysis of the bureaucratic giant has direct consequences for millions of people inside and outside the country. As almost every year, history repeats itself,...
For many people, the annual spectacle of a possible federal government shutdown in the face of chronic budget disagreements in Congress has become normalized. But a normalization of political dysfunction in Washington is unacceptable because the main victims are the most vulnerable among us: If the federal government is...