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

Michigan's Double Up Food Bucks program has temporarily expanded the options for SNAP recipients to double their purchase value for produce.

The federal government shutdown threatens food assistance for Michigan families. State lawmakers have taken steps to try to blunt the impact.

State elected Democrats are struggling to pull together a plan to continue food assistance for roughly 1.4 million Michiganders, just days before a Nov. 1 deadline.

The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is set to lapse tomorrow, Nov. 1, as the prolonged U.S. government shutdown puts millions of Americans at risk of missing their vital food stamp benefits.

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

Some Michigan lawmakers want this year's firearm deer hunting season to be extended due to a November pause in SNAP benefits.

Concerns about food insecurity during the SNAP pause come at a time when food banks across the country are seeing a significant surge in demand.