The more than one in six Oregonians who rely on federal food assistance will have fully-funded benefits for November, Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek said Friday.
Oregon Gov. Tina Kotek on Wednesday declared a state of emergency over hunger and directed $5 million to food banks across the state, seeking to avert the impending November loss of food stamp benefits for hundreds of thousands of Oregonians under the federal government’s ongoing shutdown.