No SNAP benefits on Nov. 1 due to government shutdown
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TVAs the federal government shutdown drags on, millions of Americans who receive SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits are caught in the middle. Money for the program is expected to lapse in just days,
With benefits expected to run out Saturday because of the government shutdown, Democratic leaders of 25 states allege that the USDA is required to keep providing funds.
More than two dozen Democratic state leaders are suing the Department of Agriculture after the Trump administration said it would not use contingency funds to pay SNAP benefits during the shutdown.
Gov. Healey says there's "no way" Massachusetts would be able to make up for lost SNAP funding from the federal government.
Massachusetts AG Andrea Joy Campbell leads a lawsuit against the Trump administration for the illegal suspension of SNAP benefits amidst a federal shutdown.
Gov. Maura Healey on Friday will discuss the potential suspension of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown and how Massachusetts may be affected. More than 1 million Massachusetts residents rely on the food assistance program, which will lose funding from the federal government in November.
A million Bay Staters are at risk of losing their SNAP benefits just days from now, as a political firestorm has erupted amid the federal government shutdown, and a message from a state agency
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Michigan Democrats propose $900M plan to save SNAP benefits during shutdown
A $900 million emergency plan to continue food assistance for roughly 1.4 million Michiganders is being proposed by state House Democrats. Those residents, who include nearly 492,000 children in the state,