Two 2026 candidates for Nevada governor have sprung into action in different ways to address the looming shutdown of federal SNAP food benefits set to hit Nov. 1.

It all stems from the federal government being mostly shut down over a funding dispute in Congress.

The effect on those who use the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is that the debit cards they use to buy food will not be reloaded with funds at the start of next month.

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