On Wednesday, Gov. Kelly Ayotte praised state officials for distributing November's full federal food assistance benefits to the more than 76,000 residents who rely on them over the weekend, following a federal court order late last week.

“I talked to other governors and other states that weren't able to get any benefits on the card, so I was glad that we were able to work as a team to make sure we were able to get that out the door,” she said.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP, which helps feed about one in eight Americans, is federally funded but administered by the states. For the first time in its history, benefits were paused on Nov. 1st, due to the government shutdown.

Since then, the program has been mired with uncertainty as lawsuits against the Trump adm

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