TEXAS PRESS ASSOCIATION

Shutdown could halt SNAP for 3.5 million Texans 

The continuing federal shut- down means food benefits pro vided to 3.5 million Texans could be cut off in November, The Texas Tribune reported. Of those affected, nearly half are children.

“SNAP has funding avail- able for benefits and operations through the month of October,” according to a letter written by the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s …