Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz tags $4M in emergency funds for food shelves
The one-time funding is meant to help fill the gap as thousands of Minnesotans risk losing federal food aid if the government shutdown continues.
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The one-time funding is meant to help fill the gap as thousands of Minnesotans risk losing federal food aid if the government shutdown continues.
Food shelves across the state are set to receive emergency one-time funding.
Forty-two million people will lose benefits nationwide, including more than 440,000 Minnesotans, on Saturday.
A food shelf is open at MSP Airport in support of federal employees who are working without pay during the government shutdown.
The federal shutdown is entering its 26th day with no end in sight. WCCO's Esme Murphy spoke with the head of the federal employees union from the Minnesota region about how 1.4 million federal workers across the country are coping, working without a paycheck.
The State of Minnesota says on Nov. 1, federal benefits from food assistance programs like SNAP will no longer be issued because of the government shutdown. More than 440,000 Minnesotans will lose their benefits. Executive Director of The Food Group Sophia Lenarz-Coy talks with Esme Murphy about the impact on WCCO Sunday Morning at 10:30 a.m.
As the government shutdown drags on, dozens of states have issued warnings that the food assistance program — known as SNAP — could soon run out of funding.
Members of the AFSCME union who help those in need of food assistance say the federal government has put them in an impossible position.
Members of the AFSCME union who help those in need of food assistance say the federal government has put them in an impossible position.
The Groveland Emergency Food Shelf, like most, does not ask people what brought them. But the shutdown on top of cuts to SNAP and other federal programs is fueling demand.
Now with the government shutdown, business owner Berek Awend says it's making it difficult to hire workers, expand and even advertise.
The government shutdown is affecting Minnesotans, from federal workers to families relying on assistance programs. Small businesses are also feeling the economic strain. Derek James has more on why they say they need the government to get back to work.
The Transportation Security Administration is among the agencies whose employees are missing paychecks.
The ongoing government shutdown means a federal energy assistance program is on pause, leaving tens of thousands of Minnesotans in limbo when it comes to covering their heating bills.
The Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program is a federal program that provides assistance to low-income households to help with energy costs. The federal shutdown puts that assistance at risk.
Democrats insist any deal must include an extension of Affordable Care Act tax credits, but say Republicans are refusing to negotiate.
The Senate once again fell short of the 60 votes necessary to advance a bill to reopen the government.
The Minnesota Department of Children, Youth, and Families says they're being forced to stop processing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Benefits (SNAP), or food stamp applications, starting Wednesday because of the government shutdown.
The government shutdown entered its 12th day on Sunday as Republicans and Democrats remain at an impasse over a spending plan, and the Trump administration began laying off thousands of federal workers.
Some Minnesotans in the state's 6th Congressional District are calling on Republican Rep. Tom Emmer to restore health care funding and end the government shutdown.
The Department of Housing and Urban Development posted a banner on its homepage Tuesday blaming the government shutdown on the "Radical Left."
Gov. Tim Walz says he anticipates President Trump will send the National Guard to Minnesota.
Shutdowns and delays are already happening at airports across the country. With MEA weekend just a little more than eight days away, families trying to get out of town will be packed out at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Around 18,000 federal workers in Wisconsin are unpaid and in limbo amid the government shutdown, including a woman WCCO spoke with on Monday.
U.S. Senate Republicans and Democrats are failing to find a path forward. That deadlock on Capitol Hill is why the government shutdown is inching further into its second week. Only on WCCO, Ubah Ali spoke to a long-time federal employee budgeting every dollar as she waits for what's next.
