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Hundreds of music education supporters are heading to DC to advocate for music education funding, a bill to outlaw gun bump stocks is awaiting a floor vote in the Michigan Senate, a conversation with the Executive Director of the Grand Rapids Pride Center, and more.

Representatives from Kent County-based emergency food service organizations met in Wyoming Friday. The proposed federal budget reducing SNAP benefits was the focus. In particular, impacts on food assistance programs and their recipients

Indivisible of Greater Grand Rapids held a conference Tuesday in support of protecting Medicaid and other benefits they say are threatened by cuts within the Republicans’ latest U.S. House budget resolution

Some Grand Rapids residents will be able to start riding Lime e-bikes and e-scooters for free.

Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow is pushing back against calls from Republicans to change the food and drink eligibilities for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program also known as “snap” in the upcoming 2023 Farm bill

Michiganders to Receive Additional Assistance in May to Lower the Cost of Groceries

The lifetime ban from receiving food benefits for those with more than one drug-related felony conviction could be lifted under a bill that passed the…

Food assistance has been extended to students pursuing technical education.The state of Michigan said federal money will help pay for the program.Roughly…

As Congress works on its 2018 Farm Bill one consideration is making food assistance recipients work. Thursday, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue…

Project Fresh, a program at Kent County’s Health Department, is working to provide Michigan-grown fruits and vegetables to some of its clients."Eating…