Pennsylvania residents who rely on SNAP benefits and did not receive the monthly infusion of funds this month should be seeing their benefits cards replenished as early as Friday.

That was the message an emphatic Gov. Josh Shapiro delivered during a press conference in Philadelphia on Friday.

Shapiro said his successful lawsuit filed in the wake of the Trump administration’s refusal to release SNAP funds November 1, will immediately free up funds for millions who rely on the federal supplemental food program.

“If you were owed benefits on the 1st of November, and let’s just say for argument’s sake, your card was in zero, you should be receiving from the vendor today as a result of the work that the Department of Human services has done 100% of what was owed to you on the first of the

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