As of Friday morning, November food benefits have been loaded onto hundreds of thousands of Oregonians’ Electronic Benefit Transfer cards, according to the governor’s office.

Oregon moved to capitalize on a Thursday court ruling that ordered the Trump administration to immediately issue full November benefits for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

The Trump administration moved swiftly to appeal that court order as it seeks to avoid drawing money from a contingency fund amid an ongoing federal shutdown, and the higher court was, as of Friday morning, yet to rule.

In the meantime, Oregon was among an early group of states—among them California, Michigan and Wisconsin—that achieved what may prove to be a fait accompli: State officials rushed overnight to get the federal money

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