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JB Pritzker directs $20 million to Illinois food banks as SNAP benefits set to freeze Saturday amid shutdown
Gov. JB Pritzker signed an executive order Thursday directing $20 million toward food banks across the state.

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Gov. JB Pritzker orders $20M for Illinois food banks to help with SNAP benefits lapse as demand surge begins
Gov. Pritzker to sign order supporting Illinois residents who rely on SNAP benefits
Federal government shutdown threatens SNAP food aid as several states scramble to help
With federal SNAP food assistance set to run dry this weekend amid the protracted U.S. government shutdown, Louisiana, New Mexico and Vermont became the latest states Wednesday to announce help for lo...

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Gov. JB Pritzker directs $20 million to Illinois food banks as SNAP benefits set to freeze Saturday amid shutdown
How many Illinois residents will lose SNAP benefits on Nov. 1? What we know
Illinois SNAP recipients, pantries brace for halt of federal food stamp funding amid shutdown. ‘This is a crisis.’
But with no immediate resolution in sight, food pantries and SNAP participants across the Chicago area have been scrambling to prepare for the looming food emergency, which could hit an estimated 1 in...

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SNAP benefits and the shutdown: Is this America?
Map: See the number of SNAP participants by county as benefit lapse looms

Daywatch: ICE fears and SNAP cuts make for a cautious Halloween

Good morning, Chicago. With both the Trump administration’s now monthslong local mass deportation mission and the impending loss of federal food aid looming over the city and suburbs, the Chicago area is celebrating Halloween more cautiously this year.

SNAP benefits at risk, and Cape Cod food pantries respond. Here's what to know.

Government food assistance benefits, known as SNAP, will stop on Nov. 1, due to federal shutdown. Here's how to find food.
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