Colorado officials are working to restore federally funded food assistance “as rapidly as possible” after the longest federal government shutdown in U.S. history ended Wednesday.

Roughly 5% of the 600,000 Coloradans who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, known as SNAP, received their full benefits for November before the Supreme Court blocked a lower court’s ruling mandating the benefits continue during the shutdown.

Now that the shutdown has ended, the remaining 95% will see their full November payments as early as Thursday, according to a news release from Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ office.

“The federal government is finally reopening, and hardworking Americans will no longer be caught in the middle of Washington’s dysfunction,” Polis said in a statement. “… Ke

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