Governor Kevin Stitt is not planning to use the state’s rainy day fund to supplement a potential lapse in SNAP benefits.
Stitt addressed concerns at the Regional Food Bank of Oklahoma in Oklahoma City at 1 p.m. on Oct. 29.
He said that while the rainy day fund is as big as it can constitutionally get, if states use it for this purpose, the federal government is unlikely to reimburse those funds. So instead of using those funds Stitt is looking at state agencies, like the Department of Education, to look at ways to increase help for those in need…