Target joins other big box stores rolling out discount Thanksgiving meals
Target has joined other big-box retailers in rolling out Thanksgiving meals that it says will cost less than previous years' offerings. The Minneapolis-based chain said Monday that at $20 per person, its "traditional Thanksgiving feast" will cost $5 less than last year's deal. The meal includes brand-name versions of turkey,...
Minnesota DFL defends $80 million cost overrun of free school meals program
MAPLE GROVE, Minn. — One year into the Minnesota Free School Meals Program, the state's DFL leaders are defending the decision to go millions of dollars over budget to serve nearly 150 million meals to students.A handful of leaders, including Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan, spent Wednesday morning dishing out breakfast at Maple Grove's Oak View Elementary School to mark one year of the program, and the release of the Minnesota Department of Education's preliminary summary.Flanagan says in the program's first year, the state's 870,000 eligible K-12 students have each been served about 173 meals, saving parents about $1,000 per child. "I...