Though the amount Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program recipients could be receiving for November is still up in the air, their wait for the money might be nearing an end.

Arkansans who rely on federal food assistance could see their benefits restored as early as next week, Janet Mann, secretary of the Arkansas Department of Human Services, told a legislative committee Thursday.

"We are hoping for benefits to go out the door next week," Mann said. "But that is a day-by-day thing considering they made a change on us this morning."

Thursday morning, the Trump administration announced that SNAP food aid for November will be reduced by less than the 50% originally announced. The U.S. Department of Agriculture said in a court filing late Wednesday that it caught an error in its earlier

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