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Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes funding for federal summer lunch program for low-income children
Gov. Greg Abbott has vetoed a $60 million budget measure that would have allowed Texas to enter a federal summer lunch program for low-income children. The Summer Electronic Benefits Transfer, or Summer EBT program would have given qualifying families $120 per child to pay for lunches during the summer months in 2027. An estimated 3.75 million children statewide would have qualified. The provision to join the program … [more]
Bobby Cole is here to put an END to Greg Abbott’s cruel extremism
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