Alabama's Child Nutrition Program

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.

State officials are providing help for families with hungry students. The Alabama Department of Human Resources is doing this by extending summer Pandemic benefits for the third consecutive year.

Nearly 30 Alabama school systems are participating in a program to provide free breakfasts and lunches to all their students.The Gadsden Times reports the…