New Mexico joins lawsuit over SNAP benefits suspension

New Mexico will supply $30M in emergency funding for food assistance

New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, state officials, lawmakers, food bank leaders and farmers held a news conference on Oct. 29, 2025 at John Brooks Supermarket in Albuquerque. (Danielle Prokop/Source NM)The State of New Mexico will provide $30 million starting Nov. 1 in an emergency response to counter the pending stop of federal food assistance for the first 10 days of the month, Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham announced on Wednesday. The stat…

New Mexico to provide $30 million in food assistance with federal SNAP benefits on hold

Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham announced that New Mexico will provide $30 million to provide food assistance to SNAP participants through November 10.

A lawsuit could restore SNAP benefits amid government shutdown, but not in NH. Here's why

New Hampshire could be the only New England state to lose SNAP benefits if a lawsuit to reinstate them proves successful.

SNAP freeze set to ripple throughout New Mexico food system

More than 450,000 New Mexico residents rely on the program, including over 170,000 kids and 65,000 seniors statewide.

Washington AG joins lawsuit to halt SNAP benefits suspension amid shutdown

Washington Attorney General Nick Brown joins 22 more attorneys general and three governors in a lawsuit against the USDA.

New Mexico joins lawsuit over suspended SNAP benefits

NEW MEXICO (KRQE) – New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez is one of 23 attorneys general, alongside three state governors, who are suing the Trump Administration over the suspension of the SNAP program. Nearly half a million New Mexicans rely on SNAP benefits, and now they won't be getting them due to the ongoing shutdown. In part, the lawsuit claims that the United States Department of Agriculture has funding given by Congress that could fun…