SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signed an Executive Order on Thursday that provides emergency funding for food banks and pantries in preparation for the pause of SNAP benefits this weekend, due to the ongoing federal government shutdown.

“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 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 Illinois

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