In response to the pause in SNAP benefits due to the federal government shutdown Grand Rapids based Kids' Food Basket is expanding its West Michigan services, Meijer is donating $4 million to food banks and pantries across six Midwestern states, the Allendale School District may ask voters to approve a bond issue for the third time in three years, Consumers Energy expects to continue operating the lakeshore's J.H. Campbell power plant for the foreseeable future under the Trump administration's orders, Consumers Energy has taken the first step to sell 13 hydroelectric dams to a Maryland-based energy company.
A first of its kind case testing the power of the judicial branch to issue orders to the Legislature on how to conduct business is heading to the Michigan supreme Court, the latest Open Enrollment period for the Affordable Care Act began on Saturday, Nine of Michigan's 48 HeadStart programs were expecting funds to come through on the 1st that have not come due to the Government shutdown.
Restaurant week GR kicks off this Friday. It's a nine-day event that will feature specialty menus from 70 local restaurants, and a whole lot more. WGVU’s Shelley Irwin talks with Experience GR's Kate Lieto about the details.
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