STATEWIDE-- Governor Janet Mills says Mainers will begin to receive SNAP benefits starting Monday despite updated guidance from the U.S Department of Agriculture over the weekend directing states not to issue full benefits.

Shortly after Governor Janet Mills announced the Maine Department of Health and Human Services would begin issuing full SNAP benefits starting Monday, the USDA released a new notice saying states should not issue full SNAP benefits for November and any states that have must immediately undo that action.

The memorandum was released by the USDA on Saturday.

It says the U.S. Supreme Court granted an administrative stay of orders, temporarily blocking a lower court order that required the Trump Administration to distribute SNAP benefits in full for November.

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