school lunch

For the billions spent on the National School Lunch Program, taxpayers should expect schools not to feed their children junk.

By Tom Hamburger and Kimberly Kindy WASHINGTON — Sounding a new aggressive tone, fi rst lady Michelle Obama vowed in a private conference call on Monday to fi ght industry efforts at rolling back healthy school-lunch standards, an issue that could come up for a vote on Capitol...

The school nutrition reforms passed in 2010 after much lobbying by First Lady Michelle Obama are costing too much and should be rolled back, Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., and 41 other U.S. House members say. The group wrote a letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack...

The Mitchell School District's food service program is struggling to cover its increased costs that came from the new federal guidelines for school lunches. That was the focal point of a discussion by the Mitchell Board of Education when it took its first look at the $16 million...

Rep. Kristi Noem, R-S.D., calls for Congress to put changes into law.

As all parents know, no two kids are exactly alike. I have three kids. Kassidy takes after her father. She is a natural-born athlete. Kennedy, on the other hand, is more like me. She plays sports too, but she’s a little scrappier than her sister. And Booker — well, he has more...

SD congresswoman wants more flexibility in healthy requirements.

After receiving input from South Dakota school administrators, parents and students, U.S. Sen.

After receiving input from South Dakota school administrators, parents and students, U.S. Sen.