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Video: Federal SNAP cuts take a bite out of rural students’ health in WI


420,000.

That’s the number of children in Wisconsin who will be hurt by President Donald Trump’s cuts to SNAP.

Trump’s so-called “Big Beautiful Bill” will burn students in rural areas by reducing access to school meals and increasing food insecurity.

A school superintendent in Sauk County says schools are vital for feeding kids in rural areas, but districts are already strained.


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  • A former 15-year veteran of reporting local news for western Wisconsin TV and radio stations, Salina Heller also volunteers in community theater, helps organize the Chippewa Valley Air Show, and is kept busy by her daughter’s elementary school PTA meetings. She is a UW-Eau Claire alum.