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BOSTON — Beacon Hill leaders are being urged to tap the state’s $8.6 billion “rainy day” fund to help offset the impact of the federal government’s refusal to fully fund the food stamp program during the shutdown.

Raise Up Massachusetts, a coalition of unions, community groups and faith leaders, is calling on Gov. Maura Healey and legislative leaders to allocate funding from the state’s reserve fund to “prevent the worst harm from federal cuts to SNAP, Medicaid, education funding, and other critical programs.”


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