Nevada Joins States Suing the Trump Administration to Fund Food Programs During Shutdown - The Nevada Independent

Lee: Trump ‘cruel’ for ending SNAP funding, Nevada ‘complicit’ for not doing more

Gov. Joe Lombardo and Rep. Susie Lee at an event Tuesday morning. (Photo: April Corbin Girnus/Nevada Current)Democratic U.S. Rep. Susie Lee on Tuesday criticized Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo for not doing more to provide substitute benefits to the hundreds of thousands of Nevadans who are supposed to receive Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits next month but who won’t because of the government shutdown. Lee first called it “cruel”…

Aaron Ford Suing Trump Administration Over SNAP Cuts

(Carson City, NV) — Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is suing the Trump Administration over threats to end SNAP benefits. Ford is one of 22 other Attorneys General firing back against the proposed cuts. Ford says the USDA has access to billions of dollars in SNAP-specific contingency funds, even though the agency claims they’ve run out of money. He adds the USDA has funded other programs during the Government Shutdown, which enters its 29th da…

Nevada joins states suing the Trump administration to fund food programs during shutdown - The Nevada Independent

The lawsuit argues that during previous federal government shutdowns, SNAP benefits have never been interrupted.

Shapiro joins lawsuit to keep SNAP food benefits going amid shutdown

WASHINGTON — Gov. Josh Shapiro joined his counterparts in two-dozen other states Tuesday in a lawsuit challenging the Trump administration’s...

Nevada Joins Lawsuit to Force Washington to Keep Spending as SNAP Faces Shutdown

Nevada has moved to join other states in suing the federal government after Washington signaled it may stop funding the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program due to the ongoing shutdown. Attorney General Aaron Ford — a Democrat — argues the USDA is obligated to continue payments and claims the agency is refusing to use contingency funds. Nearly half a million Nevadans could be affected if federal funds are halted. What is not being acknowled…

Ford sues Trump over SNAP benefits

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is suing the Trump administration over threats to end SNAP benefits.