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The One Big Beautiful Bill Act made dramatic changes to who will be eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and thousands of New Yorkers will no longer be eligible for the food assistance benefit. The costs of SNAP, like administration and benefits, are being shifted to New York counties. And they only have months to figure it out.
James Paleologopoulos
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Each weekday morning, The Roundtable's Joe Donahue is joined by various experts, journalists, educators, and commentators to discuss current events. On Roundtable Panel: The Week in Review, we feature your favorite panelists discussing news items from the previous week.
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Yuki Iwamura
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The Associated Press
Lobbyists, major labor unions and others are backing James in her ongoing legal fights.
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Brian Chojnacki
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Mike Groll
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Office of the Governor
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This will be the latest New York state budget since 2010. -
Advocates want New York to invest $2 million in senior housing resident assistants to help older adults age in place and reduce hospitalizations. -
A sea of fans traveled from Canada to watch Game 1 of the Montreal-Buffalo series at KeyBank Center.
NPR News
Valerio Muscella for NPR
The chocolate biz is raising the bar with a lab to assess cacao beans from around the world. (Talk about a sweet gig!) Consumers and farmers stand to benefit from the "Standard of Excellence" program.
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As I watched the new series, I only cared about Piggy — the thoughtful, smart kid stranded on an island with other boys. That made me think about what we look for in art. -
When the Food and Drug Administration approved Gleevec to treat a form of leukemia in 2001, it ushered in a new era in cancer care. -
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe plays the puzzle with WAMU listener Russell Weeden and Weekend Edition Puzzlemaster Will Shortz.
