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Wisconsin's FoodShare program funding is set to run out in about a week due to the federal government shutdown.

Governor Tony Evers has urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture to provide stopgap funding to prevent a lapse in benefits.

Nearly 700,000 Wisconsin residents who rely on the food assistance program could be affected.

The federal government shutdown has continued for 22 days amid a stalemate between Democrats and Republicans in Congress.

MADISON – Funding for Wisconsin's food assistance program will run out in about a week if federal officials do not secure a stopgap while the government shutdown continues, Gov. Tony Evers told the U.S. Agriculture secretary Wednesday.

Evers in a letter to Brooke Rollins, who oversees the U.S. Department of Agriculture,

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