The mother of Philando Castile has helped raise more than $200,000 to pay off the lunch debt for kids who couldn't afford it.

Gov. Tim Walz (D) signed the bill into law Friday to cheers and hugs from some of the kids who will benefit from the program.

A Repulican senator defended voting against legislation providing free school meals in Minnesota as he had never met anyone in the state who was hungry. On the floor of the state Senate, Steve ...

A bill signed into law Friday by Gov. Tim Walz provides more than $800 million in funding for school lunches and breakfasts ...

Valerie Castile, the mother of Philando Castile who was killed by a police officer in 2016, has spent the years since his ...

Surrounded by students, teachers, and advocates, Democratic Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday afternoon signed into law a ...

including a plan to guarantee Minnesota students free meals at school and additional funding for food banks. Free school lunch and breakfast is one component of a budget Democratic-Farmer-Labor ...

The move to make Minnesota the fourth U.S. state to guarantee universal free school meals—joining California, Maine, and ...

Students in Detroit Lakes will be able to eat breakfast and lunch for free starting next school year, thanks to a bill signed ...

Minnesota will supplement federal funds with state money to provide free meals to all students in kindergarten through 12th ...

After the end of pandemic-era free meals, schools are reporting rising school meal debt and fewer kids in their free and ...

Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham signed legislation Monday to enact a permanent program giving free food to K-12 students from all ...