welfare

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer says the state will make it easier for low-income residents to qualify for public assistance by raising the limit on the…

Michigan officials say they don't want new federal rules to discourage immigrants from applying for public assistance.Beginning mid-October, the…

Governor Rick Snyder is still making his way through the stack of bills on his desk after lame duck. Among the bills that have already gotten his stamp of…

A pair of bills that would revoke welfare benefits from some Michigan families has cleared the state House.As The Michigan Public Radio Network’s Jake…

Michigan would begin suspicion-based drug testing of welfare recipients under a bill approved Wednesday by a state House panel. The group made a number of…

Money has been added to debit cards for more than half of 85,000 Michigan food assistance recipients who were without the aid for a day.The state says…

Michigan residents applying for cash assistance will have to get through a new three-week assessment and training period. The state Department of Human…

Michigan’s highest court will decide when the state should cut off certain families from welfare cash assistance. The state Supreme Court heard arguments…

A judge in Flint has given the Michigan Department of Human Services until Aug. 10 to process 5,000 or more remaining applications for cash assistance…

The Michigan Court of Appeals says the state Department of Human Services can cut off cash assistance welfare benefits to people who hit the federal time…