RICHMOND, Va. — Lynette Hicks knows what it means to work hard. She spent 45 years in the workforce before degenerative disc disease left her disabled and living on a fixed income on the city’s Northside.
“I paid my share of taxes into the system,” Hicks said.
Now, she relies on federal SNAP benefits to put healthy meals on the table, a challenge that became even more difficult during the government shutdown…