Kelly joins lawsuit challenging suspension of food-assistance benefits

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Gov. Laura Kelly on Tuesday joined with 22 attorneys general and two governors to force the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide food-assistance benefits during the government shutdown.

The lawsuit accuses the USDA of unlawfully suspending federal food-assistance benefits for more than 40 million Americans during the ongoing federal government shutdown.

Last week, the USDA told the states  that it would would not use roughly $6 billion in available contingency funds to pay for November benefits through the . . .

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