GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — The government shutdown may not only affect food assistance programs but also other federally funded programs. Right now, there’s growing concern that the government shutdown ...

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is pausing food assistance benefits in November until further notice. The state received word from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Food and ...

A Michigan House oversight subcommittee report is warning that weaknesses in the state’s food assistance system could cost taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars in federal ...

Starting Monday, support will be available for Edwardsburg Public Schools students, staff and families following the death of classmate Silas Anderson. Damage surveys reveal paths and intensity of 4 ...

Families in Michigan receiving federal food assistance benefits could see partial payments this month but it's unclear when that will happen. Food assistance is in limbo for 1.4 million Michiganders ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - State elected leaders are trying to pull together a plan that would continue food assistance for roughly 1.4 million Michiganders, just days before a Nov. 1 deadline. Attorney ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Food assistance programs are being stretched to their limit after suspended benefits created one of the worst situations one county leader said he has ever seen. Food pantries ...

If the shutdown continues through Dec. 1, the Bipartisan Policy Center says roughly 4.5 million paychecks will be withheld from federal civilian employees, adding up to about $21 billion. A 2019 law ...

The end of the federal government shutdown can't come quick enough for many wallets in Michigan. Michigan hasn't been the worst hit by far. But the state ranks No. 11 for personal financial stress, ...