COLUMBUS, Miss. (WCBI) “This is kind of personal to me because I grew up in poverty,” said Leroy Brooks, Lowndes County Board of Supervisors Five. “We were never hungry, but there were a lot of challenges, and I am always sensitive to that.”

For Lowndes County District Five Supervisor Leroy Brooks.

“No one should have to go hungry,” said Kabir Karriem, Chairman of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus.

And Chairman of the Mississippi Legislative Black Caucus Kabir Karriem, the thought of thousands of people wondering where their next meal will come from is not sitting too well.

Karriem wrote a letter to the governor declaring a state of emergency for relief efforts for SNAP beneficiaries and calling a special session for the legislature to address SNAP-related funding. He said, It i

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