On August 10, when students go back to school, the free lunch program that fed everyone — regardless of parental income — for the last two years will be no more. The universal free school ...

Local schools have expanded free breakfast and lunch options, according to both the local school districts and the Ohio Department of Education and Workforce. An ODEW report shows a record number ...

Note to readers • The Salt Lake Tribune is making this story free to all. Utah families who currently pay reduced prices for school meals will soon get them for free after Gov. Spencer Cox ...

In neighboring Massachusetts and seven other states, students get school meals for free. But the expensive legislation has repeatedly failed to pass in Rhode Island. PROVIDENCE — As funding cuts ...

Proponents of the free lunch program sold voters on the ballot initiative by promising to tax the rich for it. They reduced a tax credit available to those making more $300,000 and used the money ...

WASHINGTON — As more federal workers face the possibility that they could lose their jobs, one D.C.-area restaurant is hoping to help with a free lunch on Friday. Nando's, a South African chain ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A coalition of anti-hunger advocates and students is calling for the Ohio General Assembly to pay for universal free school meals in the budget. Hunger-Free Schools Ohio began ...

Oregon could become the 10th state in the U.S. to offer universal free meals for students under a bill making its way through the Legislature. House Bill 3435 would make school meals available to ...

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. -- A new proposal could provide free school lunch for all students in Florida. If approved, Senate Bill 74 will establish a program to offer free breakfast and lunch for ...

DENVER — Every student in kindergarten through 12th grade can get free meals at school. Voters said so in 2022, when they approved a new tax on households making more than $300,000, to cover the ...

STAMFORD — Stamford schools already survived one fiscal cliff over staffing this year, but another is on the horizon: a free breakfast and lunch money cliff. Federal waivers during the COVID-19 ...

RESCUE EFFORT. KIDS ACROSS THE METRO CAN START GETTING FREE MEALS FOR THE SUMMER. THE CITY AND COUNTY ARE TEAMING UP TO FEED KIDS AGES 1 TO 18. BREAKFAST AND LUNCH. MANY STUDENTS RELY ON MEALS ...