low income

Health

More Michiganders signing up for Obamacare, but the numbers are still low

Steve Carmody

More Michiganders are signing up for health insurance through the federal Affordable Care Act.Problems with the federal website made it difficult for…

Health

How does income level affect health care in Michigan?

Stateside Staff

A brand-new report card has been released from the bipartisan Commonwealth Fund.The report examines just how well the health care systems in each of the…

According to Laura Reese, while Midtown Detroit is seeing some income growth, the rest of the city is only getting worse

Marketplace in Michigan: Can high-end produce sales work in low-income neighborhoods?

Michigan Radio Newsroom

Marketplace, a national radio show on business, economics, and money "for the rest of us," was broadcasting from our studios last night.Host Kai Ryssdal…

Economy

The number of low-income working families continues to rise in Michigan

More families in Michigan are finding it hard to meet basic needs.A report by the Working Poor Families Project says a family of four with a household…

Fights shut down low-income housing voucher event

The Associated Press

TAYLOR, Mich. (AP) - Fights in a line of several thousand people seeking applications to get on a waiting list for housing vouchers in a Detroit area…

Michigan did not fall on the list of states taxing two parent families of four with incomes below the poverty line.

Politics & Government

Report: Michigan and other states raising taxes on the poor

Mark Brush

The report was put out by the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities. Its authors write there is "significant room for improvement" in how states tax…

Groceries, including milk, eggs and produce, sitting on a counter.

Education

National pilot program targeting child hunger in the summer launches in Grand Rapids

Lindsey Smith

More than half a million Michigan kids qualified for free and reduced lunches last year. But only about 1 in 6 of them took advantage of the programs…