The high cost of cheap food has often been raised as it impacts our health care system. But on Tuesday a new report out of University of California at Berkley raised the question about how much low-wages at these establishments impacts our state and national budgets in terms of economic aid, food stamps, and other public benefit programs. Their findings are alarming. (Video: KTRK 13 News)
MORE COVERAGE OF THIS STORY:
- Majority of Texas Fast-Food Workers on Public Assistance (Texas Tribune)
- Fast Food Workers: Our low wages are costing everyone (KIAH 39 Newsfix)
LOCAL AREA HEADLINES:
- The Business of Student Financial Aid: Students Complain They Lose Money To Fees (KUHF Public Radio)
- Cardiac arrest survivor reunites with the heroes who saved his life (KHOU 11 News)
- Area veterans at risk of losing funds (Your Houston News)
- Liberty County mom arrested after twin girls found locked in a room (Chron.com)
- Creativity abounds when the Art Bus hits an HISD campus (Houston Chronicle)
- Cleveland elementary school removing coloring from curriculum (KHOU 11 News)
- Could CrossFit be linked to deadly disease? (KPRC 2 News)
- Texans try to stay positive, keep things in perspective at cancer fundraiser (KHOU 11 News)
TEXAS HEADLINES:
- High Court to Hear Texas’ Challenge to Climate Change Rules (Texas Tribune)
- How Is The Government Shutdown Affecting Texas? (KERA Dallas)
- Texas Jails Spend Millions on Undocumented Immigrants (Texas Tribune)
- Booming oil towns prepare for inevitable bust (Austin Statesman)
- A Tiny Bit of Vegetable Oil Could Save Texas Billions of Gallons of Water (Texas Public Radio)
