Starting April 1, Texans will no longer be allowed to use food stamps to buy sweetened beverages and candy.
Riddhi Bora
Riddhi Bora is an Austin-based audience engagement fellow. She is a junior studying journalism at the University of Texas at Austin and a participant in the Moody College of Communication honors program. She also writes articles for the newsroom of UT’s Texas Global, which supports a community of international students and scholars. Previously, Riddhi served as a Daily Texan life and arts reporter and editor and Shift Press News freelance reporter. She has also interned for Texas Tasty and Tribeza Magazine. Riddhi speaks Assamese, and in her free time, enjoys reading, personal narrative writing, watching movies, dancing and exploring Austin.
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