WEST DES MONES, Iowa — Hy-Vee groceries will continue to provide $3 hot meals weekdays for families as the Trump food crisis drags on a second week for vulnerable people. Children under 12 eat free. A breakfast buffet is available this weekend from 7 to 10 a.m. The meals are in stores with kitchens. Trump cut off federal SNAP nutritional assistance November 1 and has defied court orders to resume. Here are number of SNAP recipients in states where Hy-Vee has stores:
> Illinois: 1.9 million.
> Wisconsin: 705,000.
> Missouri: 656,000.
> Minnesota: 440.000.
> Iowa: 267,000.
> Kansas: 186,000.
> Nebraska: 155,000.
> South Dakota: 75,000.
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