Nebraska is the only state in the country that has discontinued emergency food benefits that were part of federal coronavirus relief funds.
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Advocates for low income people say the emergency food aid filled a real need. The Food Bank of the Heartland in Omaha reported a forty percent increase in calls to their hotline since March.
