Should Alaskans Be Able to Sue over SNAP Delays? State, Citing Supreme Court, Says No.

Should Alaskans be able to sue over SNAP delays? State, citing Supreme Court, says no.

Cereal boxes sit on a store shelf in Kodiak in 2023. (Kirsten Dobroth/KMXT) Alaska’s Department of Law is asking a judge to throw out much of a class action lawsuit over the state’s failure to process food assistance applications on time. Thousands of Alaskans are caught in backlogs that have plagued the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, and other aid programs for years. But the state argues a recent Supreme Court case, Medina …

Should Alaskans be able to sue over SNAP delays? State, citing Supre...

Cereal boxes sit on a store shelf in Kodiak in 2023. (Kirsten Dobroth/KMXT) Alaska’s Department of Law is asking a judge to throw out much of a class action lawsuit over the state’s failure to process food assistance applications on time. Thousands of Alaskans are caught in backlogs that have plagued the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance [...] The post Should Alaskans be able to sue over SNAP delays? State, citing Supre… appeared first on Areyou…