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  1. :  DPI and Lt. Gov. Candidate Christian Mitchell Launch ‘Cost of MAGA’ Press Tour Alongside McLean County Leaders: Trump’s SNAP Cuts Mean IL Families Pay the Price

    Today’s press conference highlighted the impact of federal cuts to SNAP on Illinois families

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  2. :  ICYMI: Gov. Pritzker, IL Dems Give Back $400 to Illinois Families Donald Trump Kicked Off Food Assistance

    State Rep. González Joined Univision Chicago to Discuss How IL Dems Are Fighting Back Against Trump’s Cuts to Food Assistance

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  3. :  One Year After OBBB, DPI Chair Hernandez, Rep. Ford, Mayor Hoskins, Lt. Governor Candidate Mitchell: No Illinoisan Should Go Hungry

    Today’s press conference comes one year after the signing of a budget that gutted social safety nets

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  4. :  Don’s Destruction: Trump’s SNAP Cuts Cost Local Farmers Their Business

    “One Big Beautiful Bill” leaves families without food and farmers without business

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  5. :  Don’s Destruction: Family-Owned Stores in Illinois Feel the Fallout of MAGA SNAP Cuts

    Local grocers fear closure as SNAP cuts leave shoppers spending less

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  6. :  Trump and Republicans’ Big Ugly Bill Takes Food off the Table of 194,521 Illinoisans

    An additional 150,000 households may lose food assistance on May 1

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  7. :  Don’s Destruction: Republicans’ New SNAP Rules Leave 340,000 Illinoisans Wondering About Their Next Meal

    Seniors, veterans, parents at risk as new work requirements take effect in February

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  8. :  Republicans Would Rather Their Constituents Go Hungry, Illinois Democrats Work to Prevent Food Insecurity

    Republicans had to be court-ordered to care about food on their constituents’ tables but still refuse to cover all expected food assistance

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