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Federal judge orders full November SNAP payments

November 6, 2025

KVRR Staff,

(CNN) — A federal judge in Rhode Island rules that the Trump administration must fully cover food stamp benefits for tens of millions of Americans in November. US District Judge John McConnell said, “People have gone without for too long and not making payments to them for even another day is simply unacceptable.” Nearly 42 million Americans receive food stamps….

LIVE: Celebrating Giving Hearts Day

Dakota Medical Foundation Executive Director Pat Traynor joins the KVRR Local News morning show to celebrate Giving Hearts Day and talk about how the charity extravaganza has grown in 17 years

February 8, 2024

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FARGO, N.D. (KVRR) – Dakota Medical Foundation Executive Director Pat Traynor joins the KVRR Local News morning show to celebrate Giving Hearts Day and talk about how the charity extravaganza has grown in 17 years. You can join the thousands who will donate to more than 600 charities through midnight Thursday at www.givingheartsday.org. Categories: Local News, Morning – In…