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11/13/2025

As the federal government reopens, Iowa HHS will issue full SNAP benefits for the month of November.

Benefits are being loaded onto cards now and could be available later today. We anticipate that all SNAP benefits will be issued by Friday, Nov. 14, and recommend that SNAP recipients check their EBT card balances before making a purchase.

You can check your EBT balance by calling the number on the back of your card, 800-359-5802, logging into your ConnectEBT account online, or using the ConnectEBT Mobile app.

11/12/2025

KWIT-KOJI: Siouxland Public Media: SNAP benefits return for some Siouxlanders, as more pantries offering food. || kwit.org/podcast/spm-pm/2025-11-12/snap-benefits-return-for-some-siouxlanders-as-more-pantries-offering-food

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SNAP benefits return for some Siouxlanders, as pantries still offering food.

11/12/2025

KTIV News 4: What to know about Trump’s plan to give Americans a $2,000 tariff dividend

READ MORE >>> ktiv.com/2025/11/12/what-know-about-trumps-plan-give-americans-2000-tariff-dividend/

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President Donald Trump boasts that his tariffs protect American industries, lure factories to the United States, raise money for the federal government and give him diplomatic leverage.

11/10/2025

ABC News: The Supreme Court has denied a bid from former Kentucky county clerk Kim Davis to get the justices to revisit the landmark 2015 ruling on same-sex marriage. || abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-denies-kim-davis-petition-overturn-same/story?id=127375530

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The judges will not revisit the landmark 2015 decision in Obergefell v Hodges.

11/06/2025

KTIV News 4: Federal judge orders Trump administration to fully fund SNAP benefits in November

Read more >> ktiv.com/2025/11/06/federal-judge-orders-trump-administration-fully-fund-snap-benefits-november/

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11/04/2025

KTIV News 4: Trump says in social post that SNAP benefits will only be given out when the shutdown ends

Read more >> ktiv.com/2025/11/04/trump-says-social-post-that-snap-benefits-will-only-be-given-out-when-shutdown-ends/

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11/03/2025

BREAKING: Trump administration says SNAP will be partially funded after judges’ rulings

Read more >> https://www.ktiv.com/2025/11/03/trump-administration-says-snap-will-be-partially-funded-after-judges-rulings/

11/01/2025

KTIV News 4: Iowa will match $1 million in donations to food banks following SNAP pause || ktiv.com/2025/10/31/iowa-will-match-1-million-donations-food-banks-following-snap-pause/

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Governor Kim Reynolds announced that starting Saturday, if Iowans donate a million dollars in monetary donations to any of Iowa’s 6 food banks, she will match it with a million state tax dollars.

11/01/2025

Entertainment Weekly: Halloween was the perfect day to honor Freddy Krueger actor Robert Englund with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame: 'Trick or f‑‑‑ing treat!' || ew.com/freddy-krueger-actor-robert-englund-receives-hollywood-star-walk-of-fame-11841655

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10/31/2025

KTIV News 4: Two federal judges ruled nearly simultaneously on Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must continue to fund SNAP, the nation’s biggest food aid program, using contingency funds during the government shutdown. || ktiv.com/2025/10/31/judges-could-rule-fate-snap-food-aid-deadline-nears-shutdown-end-payments/

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Two federal judge have ruled that the Trump administration must continue to fund the SNAP food aid program using contingency funds during the government shutdown.

10/31/2025

ABC News: : A federal judge in Boston has ruled that the Trump administration's attempt to suspend SNAP funding is "unlawful," but declined to immediately order that the program be funded. || abcnews.go.com/US/judge-rules-trumps-attempt-suspend-snap-funding-unlawful/story?id=127069497

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A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration's attempt to suspend SNAP funding is "unlawful," but declined to immediately order that the program be funded.