The Supreme Court stayed an order by a federal Rhode Island judge for payments to go out

PROVIDENCE – SNAP payments started going out to the estimated 79,000 card holders in Rhode Island on Nov. 8, after the Trump administration announced a day earlier that it would be providing full benefits for November , even as the government continues a legal challenge to making full payments amid the federal government shutdown.

Gov. Dan McKee wrote in a statement at 4:30 p.m. that the payments went out and are now accessible on the EBT cards of recipients.

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