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That includes one of the country’s largest pandemic aid fraud cases, known as the Feeding Our Future scandal. Federal prosecutors charged 70 people with defrauding programs that funded meals for kids during the pandemic out of $250 million on Walz’s watch.
The first confirmed case relating to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States was announced by the state of Washington on January 21, 2020. Washington made the first announcement of a death from the disease in the U.S. on February 29 and later announced that two deaths there on February 26 were also due to COVID-19.
Walz hugged by children after signing universal free school meals to law. After schools closed in 2020 due to COVID-19, Walz was cautious about reopening them, which aligned closely with the concerns of teachers, who were hesitant to return to in-person learning due to fear of contracting COVID-19. [193]
The Families First Coronavirus Response Act of 2020 authorized states to administer payment of Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) food benefits to households with children who would have received free school lunches under the National School Lunch Act, if not for a school closure. These temporary food benefits were meant to help cover ...
Should all school kids get free meals — regardless of income? Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz’s (D) selection as Vice President Harris’s running mate has brought that once-peripheral policy issue ...
The majority of Wake students don’t qualify for a free or reduced-price school meal. This means they must pay the full lunch price, which was raised this fall to $3.50 in elementary schools and ...
Under Walz's watch, Minnesota became the 23rd state to legalize recreational marijuana for adults. But Minnesota still doesn't have a functioning legal marketplace. But Minnesota still doesn't ...
COVID-19 cases in Washington by county; County [a] Cases [b] [c] Hospitalized [d] Deaths [e] Vaccine [f] Population [g] Cases / 100k Ref. 39 / 39 1,989,477 87,611 ...