BUTTE - Seventy-seven thousand Montanans are in danger of losing their SNAP benefits due to the federal shutdown. That’s why Democrats gathered in Butte to implore the governor to use state funding to keep this program going.

“If there was ever a Montana value, it’s helping our neighbors,” Sen. Laura Smith, D-Helena, said.

Montana families could lose food assistance next month. Here's what state legislators are asking the governor to do about it. Montana Democrats urge governor to use state funds for SNAP benefits amid federal shutdown

Some Democratic state legislators held a news conference at Stodden Park to urge the governor to approve the use of state money to cover funding shortfalls in the federal SNAP program that could temporarily shut down next month.

“This lapse in funding

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