Pallet jacks honked and forklifts whirred by, racing up and down aisles of towering shelves so the workers controlling them could pack trucks for delivery to food pantries that keep some of Arkansasβ neediest from going hungry.
βItβs like Dancing with the Stars,β Arkansas Foodbank Marketing and Communications Director Kate Jenkins remarked on Tuesday, raising…
Federal food assistance ended Saturday for nearly one in 10 households in Baxter County as the government shutdown cut off Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits statewide.
Roughly 240,000 Arkansans, including thousands in Baxter, Marion and Fulton counties, lost access to benefits that helped them buy groceries each month.
The U.S. Senate has voted 13 times…