Effects of the pause will be especially widespread in Texas, which has the highest population of food insecure people in the country.

Several restaurants are offering discounted or free meals, and assistance is available through food banks and these community groups.

Hancock highlighted a new regional economic dashboard, dubbed “TexStats”, now available to view on the comptroller’s website. The program displays various economic data points for specific cities or regions within Texas.

The Texas Longhorns are officially heating up. The Longhorns held on to a narrow lead to beat the Vanderbilt Commodores and keep their College Football Playoff

The calls to the Republican governor came as the food stamp program was set to run out of funding amid the government shutdown.

President Donald Trump’s administration faces Monday deadlines to tell two federal judges whether it will comply with court orders to resume funding benefits through SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program,