MICHIGAN — While state officials in Michigan have issued full Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits to hundreds of thousands of residents, further payments are back on pause .

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is complying with an emergency stay issued by the U.S. Supreme Court Friday, Nov. 7, MDHHS officials announced in a release.

The emergency stay temporarily blocks an order to the U.S. Department of Agriculture Food and Nutrition Service to issue November SNAP benefits for about 42 million low-income Americans. The Supreme Court granted President Donald Trump’s emergency appeal, the AP reports .

“To comply with the court’s ruling, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is required to direct its SNAP EBT vendor to pause issui

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