About 120,000 fewer Virginians have SNAP, while food prices rise and food pantries race to keep up with demand
State and nonprofit leaders are taking stock of food insecurity trends amid federal changes to nutrition programs, as more changes loom.
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WASHINGTON — The Federal Reserve raised interest rates Wednesday for the first time in three years as inflation continues to dog the economy, largely driven by soaring gas and fuel oil prices while the war in Iran drags on. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee voted 12-0 to increase its benchmark interest rate by a […]
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A newly launched digital dashboard spotlights affordable housing properties whose affordability terms are set to expire, so that local governments can preserve them if they wish. Housing Forward Virginia, in partnership with Virginia Housing Alliance and Locus Impact, collaborated to craft the tool. The groups approached the state’s housing authority to get the data they […]