Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel speaks at a press conference on her lawsuit, alongside 25 other state attorneys general and governors, for a restraining order on the pause for SNAP benefits on Nov. 1. Oct. 29. | Photo by Katherine Dailey/Michigan Advance.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel called for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known as SNAP, to lapse on Nov. 1 due to the ongoing federal shutdown.
Nessel spoke alongside Lansing Mayor Andy Schor in a press conference inside a food bank at LMTS Community Outreach Services in Lansing, discussing the federal lawsuit that she filed alongside 22 other state attorneys general and three governors. The suit calls on the Department of Agriculture to use congressionally-appropriated contingency funding to continue SNAP benefits…