SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WSIL) -- Gov. JB Pritzker has signed Executive Order 2025-08, directing $20 million to food banks in response to the halt of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits for nearly 2 million Illinoisans starting November 1.

“The Trump Administration wants to let tens of millions of Americans go hungry, a failure in leadership and abdication of our responsibility as Americans to take care of each other,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Illinois families, kids, seniors, and people with disabilities will now go without food benefits because President Trump wants to use food assistance as a political bargaining chip. I am directing the state government to work together with food banks, local grocers, and other community organizations and help provide some relief to

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