SNAP benefits backlog continues; state workers say they need help too

AUSTIN (KXAN) — Miki Spurlock had grabbed her groceries.She was checking out when her Lone Star Card declined. She said she was supposed to have gotten food benefits already."Luckily, I was with my mom, and she paid for all of my groceries so I could feed me and my kids," explained Spurlock.Four months later, she said she was still waiting.The Texas Health and Human Services Commission oversees the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP food benefits.The agency said an incr