Lawmakers are facing mounting pressure to find a workaround to keep government benefits flowing or reopen it as the shutdown lingers into its fifth week.

Senate Majority Leader John Thune said talks among rank-and-file senators aimed at ending the government shutdown have ramped ...

The lawsuit filed in Massachusetts claims the U.S. Department of Agriculture is illegally refusing to pay for food assistance ...

The city of Flint is making plans to launch a food voucher program to help households enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition ...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel called for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s ...

In Kentucky, SNAP recipients can continue using current benefits as normal. For updates, Kentuckians can visit the Department ...

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined 22 other state attorneys general and three governors in filing a lawsuit ...

With next month's food stamp payouts, or SNAP benefits, paused due to the federal government shutdown, Genesee County Sheriff ...

Michigan lawmakers proposed a bill package totaling nearly $1 billion to keep food benefits funded in the state. This comes ...

The USDA ordered Michigan and other states to halt payment of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, benefits ...

According to reports, in Monroe County there are 16,198 recipients of the food assistance program and 6,294 are children.

The plan to fund SNAP amid the federal government shutdown faces an uncertain path in a politically divided Michigan ...