Gov. Andy Beshear signed an executive order Oct. 31 to send $5 million to Kentucky food banks as funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program is set to expire Nov. 1, potentially impacting thousands in the commonwealth.

The announcement comes after Beshear sued the Trump administration alongside several states and other Democratic leaders in a push to stop the U.S. Department of Agriculture from failing to fund SNAP benefits due to the ongoing government shutdown. Federal judges in two separate cases, including the one Beshear was part of, ruled in favor of the demand for the program to be funding by other means as the shutdown continues.

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