威斯康星州宣布紧急状态应对食品券中断：近70万人受影响，州府严查哄抬物价
美国威斯康星州州长 Tony Evers 10月31日在州府 Madison 签署第278号行政令，宣布全州进入紧急状态并进入「异常经济扰动期」，应对联邦政府停摆导致该州食品券计划 FoodShare 自11月1日起断档。FoodShare 是联邦食品券（SNAP）在威斯康星州的名称，全州近70万人靠它购买食品和日用品，其中包括近27万名儿童。
行政令要求州农业、贸易与消费者保护厅（DATCP）立即对哄抬物价行为展开执法，并责成所有州级行政机构采取一切必要措施应对，包括审查并暂停会妨碍或拖延应急响应的行政规章。居民如遇哄抬物价，可拨打消费者保护热线 (800) 422-7128 投诉；需要食物或婴儿配方奶粉的居民可拨打 211 获取本地服务转介。
Evers 说：「威斯康星人和全美民众现在都在手忙脚乱地想办法喂饱家人。我的行政令将确保州级机构竭尽所能，帮助本州的儿童、家庭、农民、老人和退伍军人，包括严厉打击日常必需品的哄抬物价行为。」
与部分州不同，威斯康星州州长无权单方面拨款延续 FoodShare 福利，此类拨款须经州议会两院通过法案。威斯康星州此前已加入多州诉讼，要求联邦政府动用现有应急资金发放食品券；10月31日，两家联邦法院先后表示，联邦政府很可能必须动用应急资金至少部分发放11月福利。州卫生服务厅表示，联邦妇女婴幼儿营养计划（WIC）的11月福利目前仍可正常领取，医疗补助（Medicaid）与 BadgerCare Plus 的保障也不受影响。
资料来源：威斯康星州州长办公室官方发布。
Wisconsin Declares Emergency Over FoodShare Lapse: Nearly 700,000 Affected as State Moves Against Price Gouging
Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers signed Executive Order #278 on October 31 in Madison, declaring a state of emergency and a period of abnormal economic disruption as the federal government shutdown lapses funding for FoodShare, the state's name for the federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Nearly 700,000 Wisconsinites, including nearly 270,000 kids, rely on FoodShare to afford basic food and groceries, and November benefits have been in limbo since federal funding ran out on November 1.
The order directs the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) to begin enforcing against price gouging and directs all executive branch agencies to take any and all measures to respond, including reviewing and suspending administrative rules that would hinder or delay the response. Consumers can report price gouging to the Consumer Protection Hotline at (800) 422-7128, and anyone who needs food or infant formula can dial 211 for referrals to local services.
"Wisconsinites and Americans across the country are now scrambling, trying to figure out how to feed their families," Evers said. "My executive order will ensure our state agencies can do whatever they can within our power to help support kids, families, farmers, seniors, veterans, and so many others across our state, including cracking down on price gouging on everyday things folks need."
Unlike some states, Wisconsin's governor cannot appropriate funding by executive order to continue FoodShare benefits; that would require a bill passed by both houses of the state legislature. Wisconsin has joined a multi-state lawsuit seeking to require the federal government to use available contingency funds, and on October 31 two federal courts opined that the administration likely must use those funds to continue at least partial SNAP benefits. The state health department says November WIC benefits remain available and Medicaid and BadgerCare Plus coverage continues.
Related: Two federal judges rule USDA must use contingency funds to pay November SNAP benefits
Source: Office of the Governor of Wisconsin.
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图片来源：威斯康星州州长 Tony Evers。州长官方照片，2022年，CC BY 2.0，经Wikimedia Commons。 / Wisconsin Governor Tony Evers. Official photo, 2022, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
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