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“The most basic thing that we've got to do is make sure that people get fed and people get health care,” Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker said at a roundtable discussion in East St. Louis on Tuesday.

President Donald Trump’s "Big, Beautiful Bill" shifts more Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program costs to states. Lawmakers and officials in support of the new measure say it will cut down on waste and fraud, but food advocates warn it could mean fewer people receiving the benefit.

New requirements mandate Illinois pay for a greater share of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, better known as SNAP.

A federal judge said Missourians living in poverty "have gone hungry" due to bureaucratic hurdles that the state knows about but has failed to address.

Efforts to keep junk foods from being paid for by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, are increasing at the federal and state level. Lawmakers proposing such bills say they want to encourage healthy habits, but some food advocates say the restrictions would have harmful effects.

The survivors have accused the Archdiocese of St. Louis of enabling and covering up the sexual abuse of minors by its clergy members for decades.

In Missouri, families may not get the summer payments until fall, because funding for the program wasn’t approved until May.

Some Missouri day care centers have been forced to shutter as state subsidy payments remain backlogged due to glitches in a new system.

The overdue farm bill is finally making its way through Congress, after the House agriculture committee recently advanced a proposal. Food assistance is likely to be one of the biggest sticking points as the draft moves forward.

The Missouri Department of Social Services’ call center issues ultimately denied eligible Missourians meaningful access to benefits, a judge found.