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States file lawsuit against Trump administration over efforts to collect SNAP recipients’ data
A coalition of state attorneys general filed a lawsuit Monday challenging the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s demand for states to turn over personal data — including names, birthdates, and home addresses — for people who are enrolled in a federally funded food assistance program.
Democratic officials fear that sensitive data from the food assistance program could be used to target undocumented people.
Moving the Agriculture Department from Washington to regional hubs is part of Trump's effort to cut the size and footprint of the federal government.
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Trump administration chooses Indy as a USDA hub in sweeping agency reorganization. Here's why
Indianapolis will soon serve as one of five U.S. Department of Agriculture hubs as the federal agency reduces and reorganizes its workforce under President Donald Trump's administration, the USDA announced July 24.
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Trump’s USDA to scatter half its Washington staff to field offices. Critics see a ploy to cut jobs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to move thousands of employees out of Washington, D.C., aiming to save money and bring them closer to farmers and ranchers.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture terminated the Regional Food Business Centers program, which provided grant funding to Kansas farms and businesses.
Texas will become the seventh state to ban the production and sale of lab-grown meat in September. Florida was the first, followed by Alabama last year. This year, five more states, including Texas, followed.