Groups End Food Stamp Shutdown Lawsuit Mooted by Spending Bill

Cities, non-profits, and community groups on Monday agreed with the Trump administration that their lawsuit challenging the suspension of food stamp funding during last year’s government shutdown was moot and should be dismissed.

The parties told a Rhode Island federal judge that the Nov. 12 funding bill ending the six-week shutdown rendered the dispute over the lapsed funding moot.

The parties in the Rhode Island suit and a coalition of states behind litigation in Massachusetts persuaded two federal judges to rule that the suspension of benefits under the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program was likely unlawful and the government had to ...