Democrats and Republicans have different proposals to keep feeding hundreds of thousands of Kansans. Food banks are preparing for an influx of demand.

With the looming threat of food benefits halting for nearly 190,000 Kansans on Nov. 1, the state’s leaders are split on how to respond.

On Tuesday, Gov. Laura Kelly joined a lawsuit by other Democratic governors and state attorneys general against the U.S. Department of Agriculture for refusing to fund the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP.

The USDA website says “the well has run dry” for SNAP benefits to continue into November. But Democratic federal and state lawmakers say the agency is sitting on $6 billion in emergency funding that could help stretch food assistance for a few more weeks.

The lawsuit c

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