The Department of Agriculture says no food stamp benefits are being issued for November as of Saturday. About 440,000 Minnesotans rely on SNAP each month. The average monthly benefit is $187.

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"I'm wondering how I'm going to be able to afford everything" if federal food aid is halted, one single mom said.

SNAP benefits are set to expire on Saturday, November 1 as the federal government shutdown continues. To help combat food ...

Twin Cities food banks and restaurants geared up to help those facing a cut in food benefits, but a federal ruling may have put those cuts on hold.

Minnesota braces for possible SNAP benefit delays as legal battles and the federal shutdown threaten food assistance for 440,000 residents; emergency funds offer only temporary relief.

Minnesotans who rely on food assistance payments are on edge as political and legal jostling over the program threatens ...

Rep. Julie Fedorchak is urging Senate Democrats to pass a continuing resolution to end the shutdown, now in its 31st day, before SNAP benefits are disrupted for North Dakota and Minnesota residents.

BOSTON (AP) — Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must ...

Annemarie King is eating only once a day, and her husband, Randall, is picking up extra shifts at the drywall factory where he works. They are among the nearly 42 million Americans preparing for their ...

The state still has a projected budget surplus plus a rainy-day fund it could use to cover federal food stamp and energy assistance funds.