While the threatened cutoff of federal food assistance has been the most urgent and attention-getting risk, it is not the only potential loss Rhode Islanders face from the "One Big Beautiful Bill Act" and the ongoing budget standoff in Washington .

In June, Rhode Island lawmakers passed a $14.3 billion state budget that gave the McKee administration until Oct. 31 to provide them with a detailed accounting of the potential impact of federal funding cutbacks by the GOP-led Congress on state agencies, schools, people and, more broadly, the economic well-being of Rhode Island.

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