SALT LAKE CITY – About two dozen people rallied Friday afternoon to urge continued funding for food assistance as SNAP benefits for thousands of Utah families are about to be suspended.

The rally on Halloween outside the Wallace F. Bennett Federal Building in Salt Lake City was dubbed “Hunger is Scary.” It came just hours after two federal judges ordered the Trump administration to keep paying funding the Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program, or SNAP, commonly known as food stamps.

Last week, the state announced those benefits would be suspended as the month-old federal government shutdown continues. But with the federal judges’ rulings, advocates called on Utah leaders to make sure families in the state still receive their benefits.

“We want the governor and our congressiona

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