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Minnesota sues USDA as food‑security advocates and families warn of immediate harm from SNAP and WIC interruptions
Summary
Attorney General Keith Ellison led a 26‑state lawsuit challenging USDA’s suspension of SNAP funding as advocates, food‑shelf leaders and SNAP/WIC participants described immediate impacts to children, seniors and food banks; Ellison said a court hearing was underway to restore benefits to plaintiff states.
Minnesota’s attorney general and dozens of witnesses told a Senate subcommittee that the federal shutdown’s interruption of SNAP and the risk to WIC and related programs present immediate harm to families and local economies.
"I co‑led a coalition of 26 states to file a lawsuit against the United States Department of Agriculture for unlawfully suspending the supplemental nutrition program food stamps," Attorney General Keith Ellison told the committee. He said the coalition argued USDA had access to roughly $6 billion in emergency contingency funds appropriated for this purpose and that suspending SNAP was "arbitrary and capricious" under the Administrative Procedure Act.
Ellison said as of the hearing his team was seeking a temporary restraining order and…
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