{"id":2503945,"date":"2025-10-28T15:18:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:18:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-joins-lawsuit-over-end-of-food-stamp-benefits\/"},"modified":"2025-10-28T15:18:54","modified_gmt":"2025-10-28T19:18:54","slug":"wisconsin-joins-lawsuit-over-end-of-food-stamp-benefits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-joins-lawsuit-over-end-of-food-stamp-benefits\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin joins lawsuit over end of food stamp benefits"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-joins-lawsuit-over-end-of-food-stamp-benefits%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2503945&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Wisconsin is joining a lawsuit alongside 22 other states to prevent the termination of SNAP (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of ...\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">food stamp<\/a>) benefits scheduled for this weekend due to the government shutdown. Governor Tony Evers emphasized that President Trump could immediately authorize $115 million to cover WisconsinS food stamp payments for November without waiting for the lawsuit&#8217;s outcome. Attorney General Josh Kaul highlighted the severe impact a delay would have on nearly 700,000 Wisconsin residents who rely on SNAP, including vulnerable groups such as children, seniors, veterans, and disabled individuals. Unless Congress reopens the government or a judge intervenes by Friday, these benefits will not be distributed. Governor evers reiterated that food assistance is a federal responsibility and stated he would not use state funds to cover the costs.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Wisconsin joins lawsuit over end of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/on-unemployment-joe-manchin-hit-the-nail-on-the-head\/\" title=\"On Unemployment, Joe Manchin Hit The Nail On The Head\">food stamp benefits<\/a><\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2386138\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash;&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/wisconsin\/\">Wisconsin<\/a> is joining the lawsuit to stop the end of <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/snap\/\">SNAP<\/a> benefits this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>Gov. <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/tony-evers\/\">Tony Evers <\/a>said President Trump, however, doesn&rsquo;t have to wait on the case, that the president could simply give Wisconsin the $115 million needed to cover the state&rsquo;s food stamp tab in November.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/3866473\/beshear-casts-trump-not-very-america-first-20-billion-argentina-bailout-shutdown\/\">Beshear casts Trump as &#8216;not very America First&#8217; with $20 billion Argentina bailout during shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/3866544\/house-democrats-biden-autopen-report-distraction-from-government-shutdown\/\">House Democrats pan Biden autopen report as distraction from government shutdown<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/senate\/3866514\/senate-gop-sink-trump-ambassador-kuwait-amer-ghalib-antisemitism\/\">Senate GOP to sink Trump ambassador pick for Kuwait over antisemitism<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>&ldquo;They can do it. There&rsquo;s nothing stopping them from doing it. In fact, we&rsquo;re going to be suing them for not using the funds that they have,&rdquo; the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >governor told reporters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Attorney General Josh Kaul on Monday announced that he is joining 22 other AGs in the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;States have already taken steps to delay the issuance of November benefits, which will significantly harm millions of people who depend on SNAP to put food on the table, including children, seniors, veterans, disabled persons, and other vulnerable individuals struggling to meet their basic food needs,&rdquo; the AGs wrote in a letter to the president. &ldquo;The number of people affected, and the length of that delay, will grow each day that issuance files do not go out.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kaul and the other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wow-pa-election-observer-drops-bombshell-says-special-agents-from-ags-office-showed-up-at-her-door-to-question-her-after-she-testified-video\/\" title=\"WOW! PA Election Observer Drops BOMBSHELL - Says Special Agents from AG...s Office Showed Up at Her Door to Question Her After She Testified (VIDEO)\">attorneys general<\/a> also asked six questions about using leftover &ldquo;funds&rdquo; to cover November&rsquo;s payments.<\/p>\n<p>Unless Congress reopens the government, or a judge acts by Friday, nearly 700,000 people in Wisconsin won&rsquo;t get their SNAP benefits on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3858661\/man-charged-stalking-wisconsin-chief-justice-karofsky\/\">MAN CHARGED WITH STALKING WISCONSIN CHIEF JUSTICE: &lsquo;PLEASE EJECT YOURSELF FROM OFFICE&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Evers has said in the past that he may look to do something to protect people in Wisconsin from the effects of the federal shutdown, but he never said what. Last week he said that would not include using state money to cover Wisconsin&rsquo;s food stamp costs.<\/p>\n<p>Evers said food stamps are a federal issue, and said the federal government needs to deal with them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin joins suit to stop SNAP benefits ending this weekend<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2503946,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP24311656681226.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4848,34205,4585,11892,4124],"class_list":["post-2503945","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-benefits","tag-food-stamps","tag-lawsuit","tag-snap","tag-wisconsin"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/AP24311656681226.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503945","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2503945"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2503949,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2503945\/revisions\/2503949"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2503946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2503945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2503945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2503945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}