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The Community Services League has nearly doubled its food pantry operations as demand surges across Kansas City-area locations, with lines stretching for blocks at some sites.

The organization is adding a fourth operating day this week at its Noland Road location to help meet unprecedented need. The pantry typically operates three days per week but expanded service due to uncertainty around federal food assistance programs during the recent government shutdown.

President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday night that ended the 43-day federal government shutdown, the longest in American history.

The legislative package includes full funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program through September, which serves more than 40 million Ameri

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