🛒 SNAP cuts loom
Monday moves Oct The Falcons fell to - on the season after being dominated at home by the Dolphins in a - loss Atlanta travels to face - New England next Sunday Rain and in current times The DeKalb County Police Department is assessing a shooting occurrence involving an Amazon worker in Tucker early Friday morning Summit Coffee in Dunwoody was briefly closed Saturday morning after Turning Point Action advertised on social media that a gathering was to be held in its parking lot The coffee shop reopened that afternoon The Georgia Supreme Court heard several cases last week including two that could affect how cities design roadways and another involving child custody for an unmarried couple The City of Atlanta is expanding its Anti-Displacement Tax Relief Venture for seniors which supports eligible homeowners by covering increases in property taxes The Poised PEACHES and other region organizations will host a Candidates Forum for several City of Atlanta elections tonight at p m The event is sold out but you can stream it live The Dunwoody Homeowners Association and Rough Draft Atlanta hosted a city council candidate forum that focused on housing police and taxes Decatur of late made history by becoming the first location in Georgia to earn the official Bird City designation Georgia Tech beat Syracuse to move to - although the Jackets slipped a spot in the AP Top West Georgia won but Morehouse and Clark Atlanta lost The - Hawks start a four-game road trip tonight in Chicago at p m FanDuel FM ELSEWHERE The World Series is tied - as the Dodgers and the Blue Jays play Tournament tonight in Los Angeles at p m FOX Actress June Lockhart known for her roles in Lassie and Lost in Space died of natural causes at age on Saturday Here s what s in in current times s newsletter SNAP emergency looms Information center concerns Global headlinesAND Look Listen Have a great week The best seat in Chamblee isn t just in your home it s also at the rd Spot Watch Party Series Join our locality enjoy our flavors and celebrate in our city where we play together SPONSOR MESSAGE Photo via USDA State SNAP benefits to end Nov as shutdown continues As a great number of as million Georgians who rely on federal food assistance will lose their benefits starting Nov if the regime shutdown has not ended The Trump administration validated Sunday that it would not tap roughly billion in contingency funds to keep benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Campaign SNAP flowing into November That plan helps about one in eight Americans buy groceries according to the Associated Press The Georgia Department of Human Services advised SNAP recipients to use their existing funds directly and to plan ahead as the shutdown drags on Read more here Photo via Adobe Stock Digital gold rush threatens air land and water ABOVE THE WATERLINE BY SALLY BETHEA The deluge of facts centers may place metro Atlanta in the vanguard of the next technological revolution but at what cost One large input center can demand as much power and water as a small city Will the tools allocated to centers preclude future local advancement Will electricity and water rates increase for all customers If water is rationed during droughts will the centers have priority over other water users Critically none of these questions and several more have been answered Read Sally s full column here Trump in Asia Two accused arrested in Louvre heist Hurricane Melissa a massive slow-moving storm is bearing down on Jamaica and Haiti which could be devastated by flooding high winds and widespread damage For the first time in six years U S President Donald Trump is set to meet Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea as world leaders gather for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation APEC summit amid talks of a new US-China contract deal In Paris law enforcement officers with the Banditry Repression Brigade arrested two persons maintained to have stolen the Louvre Museum s royal jewels worth more than million Hundreds of thousands of Hungarians flooded Budapest for rival rallies for Prime Minister Viktor Orb n and opposition leader P ter Magyar ahead of next spring s electoral contest Mexico has arrested China s preponderance notorious cocaine and fentanyl trafficker and handed him over to U S leadership Britain s establishment has delayed its decision on whether to approve China s controversial super embassy in the heart of London President Javier Milei s libertarian party scored a decisive midterm accomplishment securing enough seats to uphold his vetoes and continue his austerity agenda for Argentina which is backed by a promised billion U S bailout Voters in the Ivory Coast appear to have elected President Alassane Ouattara for a fourth term after his opponents were barred from running for the office An Australian photographer has been named Wildlife Photographer of the Year for her photo of an invertebrate poisonous caterpillar known as the mad hatter This week join the World Affairs Council of Atlanta for a tour of the High Museum of Art s landmark exhibition of landscapes by Kim Chong Hak one of Korea s bulk prolific and expressive painters Register the present day The Cashmere Sale POP UP has returned Get ready to shop the coziest fall trends timeless styles exceptional quality and a little seasonal magic We offer luxury cashmere at prices you ll love Oct -Dec at Roswell Rd a m - p m every day SPONSOR MESSAGE Spooky season Halloween is Friday which means spooky season is in full effect We ve rounded up specific pods to keep you on edge all week long Host Lyle Perez examines the eerie the unexplained and the downright spooky on The Halloween Podcast The Weekly Spooky explores urban legends haunted houses cursed objects vampires and werewolves every Monday and Wednesday The BBC s Uncanny podcast has been sharing a brand new bite-sized tale of terror from real-life ghost stories every day this month The original spooky podcast is Orson Welles War of the Worlds the radio broadcast about a fictional alien invasion that caused widespread panic across America Peachtree Orthopedics has healed Atlanta with expert care for over years Now new patients can use their AskORTHO web feature to chat for FREE with an actual Peachtree clinical staff member Another easy way to help you Get Better SPONSOR MESSAGE Don t miss News Word Atlanta our daily word event Connect with us on Bluesky Have a friend or colleague who would enjoy getting this newsletter Forward them this link to subscribe The post SNAP cuts loom appeared first on Rough Draft Atlanta
