Gov. Maura Healey said Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits in Massachusetts are "fully funded" as the legal battle over food stamps continues.

Eligible Massachusetts residents started to receive delayed SNAP benefits on their cards Saturday morning. Healey said those funds were processed before a Supreme Court order Friday night that froze a lower court's directive to the Trump administration to provide full SNAP payments to millions of Americans.

"As of this morning, I'm happy to report that those SNAP benefits have been fully funded," Healey said at a news conference Monday.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture told states Saturday night that any full SNAP payments sent to recipients for the month of November were "unauthorized."

"Accordingly, Sta

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