Gov. Maura Healey mentioned SNAP advantages might be paid throughout the shutdown, however that was earlier than the U.S. Supreme Courtroom issued an emergency order to briefly block funds late Friday evening.
The governor had posted on X, previously Twitter, on Friday afternoon that meals stamp advantages can be loaded onto EBT playing cards “IN FULL” starting Saturday — including “people need to eat. We’re making sure they do.”
However the governor knowledgeable the Herald that’s all in limbo after Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson issued an order round 10 p.m. pausing the requirement to distribute full SNAP funds till the appeals courtroom guidelines on subsequent steps.
Jackson handles emergency issues from Massachusetts, because the Related Press reported, because the lawsuit over SNAP funds has landed within the U.S. District Courtroom right here within the Seaport.
Healey mentioned late Friday evening her administration is in “communication with our payment processor and will assess whether our previously scheduled payments are loaded on cards” Saturday morning. “President Trump needs to stop playing politics and allow SNAP benefits to be paid,” Healey added.
State Lawyer Basic Andrea Campbell additionally mentioned late Friday evening that she is “disappointed by the Supreme Court’s decision to enable the federal government to withhold resources to feed millions of Americans – including children, seniors, people with disabilities, and veterans as we approach Veteran’s Day and the holidays.”
She vowed to maintain pushing for a decision as a part of a 25-state lawsuit in search of full SNAP funding, including late Friday evening: “As our lawsuit proceeds, I will continue to do everything in my power to ensure our residents have access to food.”
The US Division of Agriculture despatched correspondence to states earlier Friday saying that they’ll “complete preparations today (Friday) for states to issue full November SNAP benefits.”
The governor’s workplace mentioned the state Division of Transitional Help is “directing our payment processor to process these payments. So we expect benefits to start going onto cards tomorrow (Saturday). The state does not receive the funds directly from the federal government.”
That is all unfolding as Congress stays in a shutdown that’s hurting airways and federal employees nationwide.
“Americans are going hungry because President Trump chose to play politics with their lives,” Healey mentioned in her social media assertion.
The president posted to Fact Social that the Senate “should not leave” DC over the weekend “until they have a Deal to end the Democratic Shutdown.” That will additionally restore meals stamp funds.
The president has acknowledged for days — and repeated it Friday — that Republicans ought to “terminate the filibuster” that requires a 60-vote consensus within the Senate to finish the shutdown and “take care of our Great American Workers!”
The FAA flight cuts are formally inflicting main complications on the market.
Dozens of flights at Boston Logan Worldwide Airport have been canceled Friday morning, because the FAA-imposed 10% discount in air visitors goes into impact.
Different affected airports embrace these in Atlanta, Denver, Dallas, Orlando, Miami, and San Francisco. In among the largest cities — comparable to New York, Houston and Chicago — a number of airports might be affected.
Specialists predict a whole lot if not 1000’s of flights might be canceled. The cuts would possibly signify as many as 1,800 flights and upwards of 268,000 seats mixed, in keeping with an estimate by aviation analytics agency Cirium.
Rick Sobey contributed
