food assistance

47 percent of local leaders support right to workA report released today from the University of Michigan says 47 percent of Michigan's local government…

Charles Blow, a New York Times columnist who himself grew up in semi-poverty, noted over the weekend that the United States is seeing a rapid explosion of…

Hundreds of thousands of Michiganders who rely on government programs to put food on their table will be getting less money to buy groceries starting…

Michigan's debit card-style food stamps program is working again after a technical problem crashed the system in 17 states.State Human Services Department…

Michigan residents in a federal food program are being denied purchases with their debit-style cards because of technical problems.Dave Akerly, a…

2013 has become the year America focuses on its farms.That's because the federal Farm Bill expires at the end of September and the House and Senate are…

Its official title is the "Senate Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act," but feel free to call it "The 2013 Farm Bill." It was passed last week by the…

The Farm Bill would cut the funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, by more than $4 billion over the next 10 years. And the…

Even as more Americans than ever before rely on food stamps, the Farm Bill just passed by the Senate would cut the funding to SNAP by more than $4 billion…

The U.S. Senate has passed its 2013 Farm Bill, a huge piece of legislation - totaling almost a trillion dollars. We'll found out just what's in the bill,…