SNAP benefits for people in Massachusetts are fully funded again, Gov. Maura Healey said Monday. She urged residents to go out and buy the groceries they need, and to tune out the “noise” from Republicans in Washington.

Healey’s comments came after a weekend full of fast-moving developments surrounding SNAP, the federal program that helps more than a million Massachusetts residents buy their groceries.

During the longest government shutdown in American history, the Trump administration has refused to use reserve funds to keep SNAP funded. Over the weekend, it demanded that states “ undo ” actions meant to deliver SNAP benefits. Attorney General Andrea Campbell and a coalition of 22 other attorneys general filed a temporary restraining order to prevent the Trump administration from cl

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