Associated Press
Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to pay for SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using emergency reserve funds during the government shutdown.
WorkLab (Microsoft publication)
Many see that as a crisis. I see it as an opportunity. When the ground shifts beneath us, we can stand still and react or step forward and shape what comes next.
Santa Maria Times
This week, we heard from an Allan Hancock College student who works at Vandenberg Space Force Base and is currently furloughed due to the federal shutdown. Devastated and uncertain about how to provide for herself, she turned to Hancock’s Basic Needs Center for help.
KUOW
At many community and technical colleges, crooks can now use stolen Social Security numbers to sign up for classes — and financial aid — without ever showing their face on campus. Now colleges are looking at whether to bring some barriers back, like requiring video meetings with applicants to check their IDs.
