Virginia pauses weekly SNAP aid; feds to kick in 65 percent this week
Virginia has been notified that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will pay 65 percent of monthly benefits this week.
Virginia has been notified that the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, will pay 65 percent of monthly benefits this week.
Have to assume that the move by the Trump administration, which is demanding that states “immediately undo” any steps taken to issue full SNAP benefits, is going to put the kibosh on Glenn Youngkin’s rare effort to do the right thing.
The ACC, already struggling to keep pace with the SEC and Big 10, did what many believed possible on Saturday: they consumed themselves.
Wake Forest ended Virginia’s seven-game winning streak Saturday evening in Scott Stadium with a 16-9 defeat, handing the ‘Hoos their first ACC loss of the season in the process.
Virginia lost starting QB Chandler Morris in the second quarter on a cheap-shot to the head, putting the game in the hands of untested redshirt freshman Daniel Kaelin, who, for the most part, played like a true freshman in his first significant game action.
Data centers are eating up the energy grid, and pushing up our electricity prices. And our politicians can’t get enough of them.
Don’t look now, but Democrat Abigail Spanberger won majorities in two congressional districts currently held by Republicans – Rob Wittman in the First District, and Jen Kiggans in the Second.
Mexico’s first female president is pressing charges against a man who groped her at a public appearance this week.
Mark Warner brought up something today that I hadn’t realized until he said it: that Abigail Spanberger would have won the governor’s race without Northern Virginia.
Ben Cline apparently hasn’t thought through what Tuesday’s election results in Virginia mean for his job security.
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