The current lunch subsidy, funded by the national exchequer, has been in place to ensure that all service members receive a balanced meal regardless of their duty station or financial status.

This level of uncertainty ought to prompt state lawmakers to find ways to bolster the federal social safety net in various ways, not the least of which is the school meals subsidy. Other efforts ...

Although advocates are lobbying Ohio lawmakers to fund free meals for K-12 students in the biennial state budget, one legislative leader has already dismissed the idea.

"With an allocation of RM10.8mil, the subsidy will help 4,500 Indian kindergarteners with each receiving a monthly fee subsidy of up to RM150 and meal subsidy of RM50 for the next 12 months from ...