Tax credits, free lunches, land leases, immigrant help get House approval
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Last updated 2/17/2021 at 5:41pm
OLYMPIA – As a single mother who survived on food stamps, an added $20 monthly cost for her four children’s lunch was more than Rep. Melanie Morgan, D-Tacoma, could afford at that time. Eliminating copays on her children’s lunch would have made a dramatic difference for her and her children, she said.
“There was a reason I was on food stamps,” Morgan told the House of Representatives Feb. 12. “This may not seem like a lot to many people, but for me … $20 was a lot of money.”
House Bill 1342, which would force schools that have lunch programs to get rid of lunch copays for s...
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