State lawmakers debate whether Colorado governor should tap emergency fund to help with food stamps

Name: State lawmakers debate whether Colorado governor should tap emergency fund to help with food stamps
Uploaded: 2025-10-30T18:53:00-0600
Duration: 4 min 14 s
Description: State leaders are in crisis mode as the weekend approaches. The ongoing government shutdown means SNAP benefits will be put on hold. That will result in 600,000 Coloradans -- half of them children -- being unable to buy food.

State leaders are in crisis mode as the weekend approaches. The ongoing government shutdown means SNAP benefits will be put on hold. That will result in 600,000 Coloradans -- half of them children -- being unable to buy food.