USDA Puts Food Researchers on Leave
The team of federal economists and researchers responsible for producing the government survey that measures hunger in America were put on indefinite paid leave Monday, according to the union that represents the workers.
The move comes two days after The Wall Street Journal reported that the Trump administration abruptly canceled the report, which has been produced by the Agriculture Department every year since the mid-1990s.
Around a dozen employees, all involved with economic research at the USDA, were put on leave, said Laura Dodson, vice president of the union that represents some of the workers...
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