The cost of what’s being called inflation isn’t just prices. It’s donations. The Hunger Task Force (HTF) of La Crosse is feeling the effects, which means...
Hunger Task Force La Crosse executive director Shelly Fortner joined La Crosse Talk PM on Tuesday. While people are struggling right now with rising costs, so...
Central Cares director and success coach Brad Bryan and La Crosse County’s Lorie Graff joined WIZM’s La Crosse Talk PM on Wednesday to talk about food...
PHOENIX (AP) — Pastor Antonio Velasquez says that before the Trump administration announced a crackdown on immigrants using government social services, people lined up before sunrise...
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan using the holiday season Monday to call attention to a Trump administration...
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration announced Monday it is moving forward with one of its most aggressive steps yet to restrict legal immigration: Denying green...
WASHINGTON (AP) — About 3.1 million people would lose food stamp benefits under the Trump administration’s proposal to tighten automatic eligibility requirements for the food stamp...
The government shutdown is beginning to show it’s effects locally in La Crosse. The WAFER Food Pantry says they had their first federal worker stop by...
While a new farm bill is far from finished in Congress, the latest version has advocates for the poor pleased. The just-passed Senate ag committee version...
In an inter-party fight, conservatives on Friday scuttled a bill that combines stricter work and job training requirements for food stamp recipients with a renewal of...
Criticism coming over a Republican farm bill in Washington that would impose new work and job training requirements for federal food stamps. A Legislative Fiscal Bureau...
A national task force designed to take a look at the best ways to provide food stamp benefits says unhealthy items should be forbidden. The Bipartisan...
MADISON, Wis. — The bulk of Gov. Scott Walker’s welfare overhaul package, including increasing work requirements for food stamp recipients and imposing them on parents for...
It’s anybody’s guess who wins the Democratic nomination for governor in Wisconsin this year. With more than a dozen candidates, it’s hard to pick. Lieutenant Governor,...
MADISON, Wis. — The Wisconsin Assembly has approved a Republican bill that would create a pilot program to prohibit the use of food stamps for purchasing...
Proposed changes to welfare, particularly Wisconsin’s FoodShare program have some concerned. One of them is Erin Waldhart, executive director of WAFER Food Pantry. “Last month was...
Wisconsin is a step closer in reaching sweeping public benefits reforms. A special committee on Tuesday approved Gov. Scott Walker’s plans to reform public benefits by,...
The Legislature scheduled a joint public hearing Wednesday on a package of 10 bills Walker is calling for lawmakers to pass this year before the session...
President Donald Trump and Gov. Scott Walker appear to be on the same page in more than one way. This week, the Trump administration announced plans...
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker moved ahead Monday with his plans to make Wisconsin the first state to drug test able-bodied adults applying for food...
