Restoring Voting Rights. Free School Meals. Hunger in Small Town US.

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 9
PROGRAM # 9912 12:00 PM PT

Restoring Voting Rights.

Advocates in New Mexico are working with legislators to bring back a bill to restore voting rights for people on probation or parole, after a similar package died in the Senate last year. The New Mexico Voting Rights Act would make it easier for people with felony convictions to participate in elections and extend some voting rights to 16-year-olds.

Free School Meals. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham is advancing an initiative to ensure that all of the state’s public school students have access to free and healthy meals every day. The bill, SB4: Healthy School Meals for All, is sponsored by Sen. Michael Padilla. Currently, about 75 percent of students qualify for free school meals.

Hunger in Small Town US. Of the nearly 40 million people in the US living in food-insecure families, Latinos living in rural communities are having the hardest time accessing healthy foods, putting them at even greater risk for hunger. These findings are contained in the report—“Not Enough Food on the Dinner Table.” A leading sponsor of the report discusses policies to improve access to healthy food

Guest: Alejandra Gepp, Senior Director for Health Programs, UnidosUS, Washington, DC (TBC)

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