During the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history, the Trump administration halted the release of food stamps for Americans. Noor Haghighi reflects on the story of one Tucson woman who offered a community solution.
Some Tucsonans applying for food stamps and Medicaid are met with long delays as state agencies grapple with effects of layoffs and the government shutdown.
In failing to fully fund the food assistance program that covers 42 million low-income Americans, the judge said the government "failed to consider the harms" to people who rely on the benefits.
The Pima County Board of Supervisors felt the weight of the federal government shutdown as they considered several funding decisions for social services.
