Washtenaw County Colleges Food Pantries Prepare for SNAP Benefits Pause

Democratic Senate Candidate Blasts Trump Administration With Reality Check Over Their Withholding Of SNAP Funding

If you ask pretty much any conservative, they will tell you that the government shutdown and all its blowback is entirely the Democrats' fault.This includes the cancellation of SNAP benefits, or the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program previously known as "food stamps," beginning in November, which will cut off access to food to millions of people.That this is Democrats' fault is propaganda and a bold-faced lie. Republicans control the enti…

Washtenaw County colleges food pantries prepare for SNAP benefits pause

Eastern Michigan University, Washtenaw Community College and the University of Michigan are preparing for the influx of students following the pause in SNAP benefits in November.

Michigan pushing stopgap funding with SNAP benefits running out

The Michigan Senate passed more than $70 million dollars in emergency funding in hopes of filling in the hole that will be left open by a federal government shutdown.

Michigan to provide $4.5M to food banks as SNAP pause looms for 1.4M residents

The state of Michigan is sending $4.5 million to the Food Bank Council of Michigan as more than one million residents face a pause in federal food assistance payments.

State to provide $4.5 million to feed Michiganders amid SNAP benefits pause

Around 13% of Michigan households are on SNAP.

Michigan Senate advances stopgap funding for SNAP as federal funding cliff nears

Members of the Michigan Senate on Thursday voted to advance a supplemental funding bill providing $71 million in state funds to support food assistance with federal funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, or SNAP, set to come to…