PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes joined 22 other state attorneys general in a letter to Brooke Rollins, the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, to demand more information on what will happen with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits amid the ongoing government shutdown.

Mayes noted that more than 900,000 Arizonans rely on SNAP benefits each month.

“As Donald Trump demolishes portions of the White House to build his golden ballroom, families all across Arizona are about to go hungry because of the incompetence and failure of leadership in Washington,” Mayes said in a Friday announcement.

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