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Supreme Court issues emergency order to block full SNAP payments

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BOSTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Friday granted the Trump administration's emergency appeal to temporarily block a court order to fully fund SNAP food aid payments amid the government shutdown, even though residents in some states already have received the funds. A judge had given the ...

Wisconsin woman injured in Iron County crash

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An 18-year-old Kiel, Wis., woman was injured in a traffic crash at about 1:11 p.m. Friday on U.S. 2 near Bates-Amasa Road in Bates Township, said Iron County Sheriff Ryan Boehmke. The woman was the driver of a 2016 Chevrolet Trax that rear-ended a truck that was towing a lowboy trailer, ...

UP hospital offering free meals to SNAP families

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MANISTIQUE – The hospital in Manistique is offering free meals in its cafeteria to local families affected by the recent benefit changes in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, as well as government workers hit by the shutdown. Schoolcraft Memorial Hospital on Monday ...

Winter bird forecast somewhat brighter than a year ago

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The past couple of years have seen generally slim pickings in the region in terms of avian visitors that can bring color to the otherwise drab palette of winter and make it worth the expense of putting out seed and suet. Last year I wrote in late December "no purple finches, no evening or ...

US airlines cancel 1,000 flights while complying with shutdown order

Business

Anxious travelers across the U.S. felt a bit of relief Friday as airlines mostly stayed on schedule while still cutting more than 1,000 flights largely because of the government shutdown. Plenty of nervousness remained, though, as more canceled flights are coming over the next week to comply ...