Kansas City Confronts Food Scarcity After Stimmy Runs Out

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Kansas City Food Banks Expect Long Lines As Missourians Lose Extra Jobless Benefits

Food banks in Kansas City find themselves bracing for another surge of demand from people cut off from supplemental federal unemployment benefits. Missouri sits among several GOP-led states cutting ties with all federal pandemic-related unemployment insurance programs ahead of schedule. That means that jobless workers in Missouri will soon get $300 a week less in unemployment benefits.