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Most Alabamians will celebrate Thanksgiving with a big meal, but there are some in the state who struggle every day to put food on the table. Data from the national nonprofit Feeding America shows about 15% of the Yellowhammer State’s population faces food insecurity.
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The University of Alabama’s Beat Auburn Beat Hunger food drive campaign will end Thursday, November 16.
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Food stamp recipients in Alabama have a new age range and work requirements to follow.
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With gridlock persisting in Washington, a government shutdown is looking more and more likely ahead of Saturday night's deadline. If federal funding stops, some children in Alabama could be left hungry.
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Alabama families are paying slightly less at the grocery store after a 1% reduction in the state sales tax on food took effect this month. State lawmakers in June approved legislation to gradually remove half of the 4% state sales tax on food, capping decades of fruitless attempts at such a tax cut.
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Alabama House members have advanced legislation to remove half of the state's 4% sale tax on food. The proposal moving through the state House has garnered wide bipartisan support among lawmakers this year.
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In the face of soaring grocery prices, some Alabama lawmakers are pushing to remove the state sales tax on groceries. Alabama is one of only three states that tax groceries at the same rate as other purchases.
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A newly-created panel is trying to find ways to make it easier for nearly 2 million Alabamians to eat healthier food.The Alabama Healthy Food Financing…
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District 80 of the Alabama House has a new representative.Chris Blackshear won the special election after earning more than 1,650 votes in a special…
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Tomorrow is the last day for residents in a small Perry County town to be tested for tuberculosis and get paid for it. APR’s MacKenzie Bates has the…