Editor's note: This story has been updated to reflect that SNAP benefits have been delivered to recipients in West Virginia.

After nearly two weeks of delay during the federal government shutdown, West Virginia food stamp recipients received their full November benefits Thursday, Gov. Patrick Morrisey said.

Morrisey made the announcement in a news release Thursday afternoon. Earlier Thursday, he had said the benefits would come either Thursday or first thing Friday.

“The one thing I made clear from the start was that no one was going to go hungry,” Morrisey said in the news release. “The Schumer Shutdown hurt a lot of people both here and around the country, but when we were tested, our people rose to the occasion.”

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, commonly known as food

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