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jili games golden empire On December 11, 2024 , the South Carolina Department of Social Services (DSS) announced the launch of new technology to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applicants to receive real-time application and case status notifications. Previously, DSS has made accessing benefit information easier with the launch of the DSS Benefits Portal and now, applicants seeking help feeding their families can add their email address and/or phone number to subscribe to SNAP application and case status notifications, including interview updates. “Since my time leading this agency, we have not been complacent with just doing business the same old way. By moving many of our applications for benefits and services online, and with today’s announcement of real-time updated notifications of SNAP applicants, these improvements signify greater convenience and an almost immediate response for SNAP recipients looking for information or updates on their application or case,” said DSS State Director Michael Leach. “We are thrilled that existing SNAP households and applicants will have a new tool to help them in accessing benefits and in making the process more efficient. Our DSS professionals will continue to advance our practice with increased technology and a continued emphasis on customer service.” According to the most recent agency data, during the month of November 2024, DSS issued SNAP benefits to 280,776 households representing 591,447 individuals and accounting for $136.7 million used to supplement household food budgets. To see the county-by-county breakdown for SNAP for last month, please click here. SNAP, a federally funded benefit program, provides working and low-income households with nutrition assistance by increasing the household’s food purchasing power. Qualified applicants for SNAP should receive benefits no later than 30 days from the date they applied if approved. Some families and individuals may qualify for expedited services and will receive benefits no later than seven days from the date they applied if approved. To check a SNAP application status, applicants can use the online DSS Benefits Portal to check the status of the application or by calling 1-800-616-1309. For more information on SNAP, please visit www.dss.sc.gov .

Liverpool leads as the class of the Champions League this season, dumping title holder Real Madrid into an almost unbelievable 24th place in the 36-team standings. No one felt the embarrassment of Madrid’s 2-0 loss at Anfield more than Kylian Mbappé, the superstar added in the offseason by the storied club that also was European champion against Liverpool in the finals of 2022 and 2018. Mbappé had a penalty saved in the second half and was earlier dumped on his behind by Conor Bradley’s perfect tackle in an instant viral moment. Monaco missed a chance to go second in the table, giving up a lead playing with 10 men from the 58th minute in a 3-2 loss at home to Benfica. Swiss forward Zeki Amdouni scored the winning goal in the 88th. Borussia Dortmund, the beaten finalist against Madrid in May, is up to fourth place after beating Dinamo Zagreb 3-0. Champions League standout Jamie Gittens now has four goals in five games, curling a rising shot in the 41st to open the scoring. The best comeback was at PSV Eindhoven, where the home team trailed Shakhtar Donetsk by two goals in the 87th minute before a 3-2 win was sealed by United States forward Ricardo Pepi’s goal deep in stoppage time. US defender Cameron Carter-Vickers scored an embarrassing own goal for Celtic — playing a no-look pass far beyond goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel — in a 1-1 draw with Club Brugge. Liverpool’s stand-in right back Bradley was a standout Wednesday, playing a key pass that set up Alexis Mac Allister to score the opening goal in the 52nd. After Mbappé’s penalty was pushed away by goalkeeper Caoimhín Kelleher in the 61st, Liverpool star Mo Salah missed with his spot-kick in the 70th, before substitute Cody Gakpo sealed the win with a header in the 77th. Madrid now has lost three of five games after defeats at Lille and at home to AC Milan. The record 15-time European champion has another tough trip next, at fifth-place Atalanta on Dec. 10. Congo teammates Ngal’Ayel Mukau and Silas impressed in wins for Lille and Red Star Belgrade. Mukau scored twice in 12th-place Lille’s 2-1 win at Bologna and Silas leveled for Red Star in a 5-1 rout of Stuttgart, though he barely celebrated his goal. Silas is on loan with the Serbian champion from Stuttgart. Aston Villa drew 0-0 with Juventus. AP soccer: https://apnews.com/hub/soccer

Continued tensions within the Thornton Township Board led to the cancellation of two meetings with almost identical agendas this month due to a lack of quorum. Trustees Christopher Gonzalez and Carmen Carlisle, who have become sharp critics of Henyard’s administration in the years since her 2021 appointment, have raised concerns in about receiving little to no information about proposals up for vote, such as a “100% tax refund for all homeowners” and bonuses for all township employees. They released joint statements ahead of a Nov. 19 scheduled meeting and a special meeting Henyard called for Monday to explain their absences. “Unfortunately, this meeting’s agenda has not been properly vetted and includes items that are likely to provoke unnecessary conflict rather than create solutions,” the statement read. Gonzalez said last week the lack of information forces Carlisle and him to essentially vote blind on issues that could have a meaningful impact on residents’ lives. “The best analogy I’ve come up with is that it’s like a shell game, which is obviously not how things are supposed to be,” Gonzalez said. But a major stumbling block may be Henyard’s desire to appoint a new trustee, potentially taking away her opponents’ voting power ahead of the April 2025 election. Recent meeting agendas have included voting on Henyards pick to replace Gerald Jones, who resigned last month. “I would assume because she’s pushing it forward that she could get (the votes) either way — that’s why she’s so desperate to get this meeting going,” Gonzalez said Nov. 19. “We just want to get someone in there who’s neutral.” Because the board is one member short, votes have often been Gonzalez and Carlisle versus Henyard and Trustee Darlene Gray Everett. Gonzalez said when appointing a trustee, Township Clerk Loretta Wells will have a vote and could decide the outcome. Gonzalez said he instead hopes to wait and allow the decision to be up to residents, who will be given the opportunity to directly vote for a trustee at a town hall meeting if the doesn’t make an appointment by Dec. 7. “Either way, that’s going to change everything,” Gonzalez said. “Either (Henyard is) going to get everything she wants or we’re going to have someone who’s more objective and is going to look at these things a little more realistically.” Gonzalez later said if the new trustee votes against Henyard’s proposals, it will allow the board to focus on paying bills and keeping important township services going until the spring election, during which all trustees seats, the clerk and supervisor will be on the ballot. Thornton Township Trustee Chris Gonzalez walks out of a special board meeting Oct. 30, 2024, in South Holland. The meeting was ended with his departure because a lack of a quorum. (Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune) ostevens@chicagotribune.com

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Brendan Rodgers praises Celtic and Cameron Carter-Vickers’ mentalityU.S. President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday he plans to have Kari Lake, a politician and former Arizona journalist, appointed head of the international government-funded broadcaster Voice of America. Trump announced on his social media platform Truth Social that Lake would be appointed director of VOA. Lake is a close political ally of the president-elect and a former anchor for a Fox News television station in Phoenix, Arizona. She worked in journalism for 27 years before leaving the profession in 2021 to run for Arizona governor. During an unsuccessful run for Senate in 2024, Lake said Arizona should be a “standard bearer for America First policies.” Trump also wrote Wednesday that he would soon announce his pick to head the U.S. Agency for Global Media, known as USAGM, which oversees VOA along with other U.S.-funded broadcasters. That position is presidentially nominated and requires Senate approval. Trump said his pick for CEO would appoint and work closely with Lake. The chief executive of the publicly funded USAGM ensures that the broadcasters are meeting their missions to produce credible and accurate journalism to countries with limited free media. VOA’s current director, Mike Abramowitz, sent an email to staff Thursday morning saying that he read the announcement about Lake Wednesday night and had not been given additional information beyond the social media post. “I welcome a smooth transition of power for both USAGM and VOA. I intend to cooperate with the new administration and follow the process” for the appointment of the director of VOA, he wrote. 2020 law restructured agency management The USAGM CEO has the power to hire or dismiss network heads, but under a bipartisan bill passed in December 2020, network head changes require a majority vote of the International Broadcasting Advisory Board. The board consists of six presidentially appointed members who serve staggered terms, plus the secretary of state. Its function is to advise the CEO to ensure that he or she respects the editorial independence and integrity of the networks and grantees, and that the highest standards of journalism are upheld. In a post on the social media platform X, Lake said she is honored to be considered for the VOA role. She said that VOA is a “vital international media outlet” that promotes “democracy and truth.” “Under my leadership, the VOA will excel in its mission: chronicling America’s achievements worldwide.” VOA attempted to reach Lake for comment via the media section of her campaign website, but as of publication had not received a response. VOA broadcasts to a weekly audience of 354 million people in 49 languages. Its current director , Abramowitz, is the former president of Freedom House and was a reporter and editor for The Washington Post for 24 years.

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court voted Friday to hear a potentially far-reaching claim of religious freedom and decide whether church-sponsored charities, programs and businesses may refuse to pay state unemployment taxes for their employees. All states exempt churches and church programs from the taxes if they “operate primarily for religious purposes.” But they usually require affiliated schools, colleges, hospitals and other businesses to pay unemployment taxes if they are open to all and do not offer worship services or religious training. In a case from Wisconsin, the justices will reconsider that approach and decide whether instead to require the states to defer to religious authorities. The appeal that will be heard argues the government may not “second-guess the religious decisions” of church authorities who seek an exemption. The dispute began with Black River Industries, Barron County Developmental Services and two other small nonprofit corporations that are funded by state or federal grants to provide services for people with developmental disabilities. They are now controlled by Catholic charities that sued to seek an exemption from the unemployment taxes. Their lawyers argued those charitable programs are motivated by “sincerely held religious beliefs and to carry out the religious mission” of the church. Therefore, they said, it violates the Constitution to require Catholic charities to pay unemployment taxes, noting the church has its own program of unemployment coverage. The Wisconsin Supreme Court disagreed in a 4-3 ruling and upheld the state taxes. It said the four programs were “charitable” and “educational,” but not primarily religious. Lawyers for Becket Fund for Religious Liberty appealed and urged the court to overturn the Wisconsin ruling. The case comes before a high court that has repeatedly ruled in favor of religious claims over the last decade. In one line of cases, the justices said churches and religious claimants are entitled to equal state benefits, including grants to pay for playgrounds at a church school or tuition grants for parents to send children to religious schools. In another line of cases, they ruled religious organizations are freed from government regulation of their employees. Four years ago, for example, they ruled that two Catholic school teachers in Los Angeles who were fired could not sue alleging they were victims of discrimination. A year later, the court ruled that as a matter of religious freedom, Catholic Social Services had a right to participate in a city-sponsored foster care program in Philadelphia and receive payments for doing so, even though it refused to work with same-sex couples as required by the city. The court also ruled that private businesses such as the Hobby Lobby stores and church-sponsored entities had a religious liberty right to refuse to provide contraceptive coverage for their employees as required by federal law. In the Wisconsin case, a group of religious liberty scholars urged the court to rule the government must “defer” to church authorities in matters involving their organizations. “This case involves severe governmental interference with religious liberty that strikes at the heart of the 1st Amendment’s most basic guarantees,” they wrote in a friend-of-the-court brief . They said “courts must defer to how the religious group defines its message.” The Catholic Conference of Illinois was among the church groups that urged the court to hear the case. Its brief noted that its bishops speak for 949 parishes, 46 Catholic hospitals, 21 healthcare centers, 11 colleges and universities, 424 schools and 527 Catholic cemeteries. The court is likely to schedule arguments in the Wisconsin case in March or April and issue a ruling by the end of June. “Wisconsin is trying to make sure no good deed goes unpunished,” said Eric Rassbach, vice president and senior counsel at Becket. “Penalizing Catholic Charities for serving Catholics and non-Catholics alike is ridiculous and wrong. We are confident the Supreme Court will reject the Wisconsin Supreme Court’s absurd ruling.”

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