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Michigan to shoulder 75% of SNAP costs under new federal cuts --- As many as 1.5 million people in Michigan receive benefits from SNAP, the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. New eligibility rules and requirements have already gone into effect, and on [...]

Michigan launches program to strengthen manufacturing supply chains --- LANSING, Mich. (News 10) - Michigan is launching a new initiative aimed at strengthening the state’s manufacturing industry and addressing supply chain bottlenecks. Michigan LIFT, a partnership between the state, Ford, JPMorganChase, Michigan [...]

Michigan private schools could lose tax exemption over race-based policies --- The U.S. Department of the Treasury proposed a policy on Sept. 3 to outlaw private universities, K-12 schools and trade schools from administering race-based initiatives. The policy effectively would forbid [...]

Some Michigan voters still without absentee ballots after clerks miss state deadline --- Votebeat is a nonprofit news organization reporting on voting access and election administration across the U.S. Sign up for Votebeat Michigan’s free newsletter here. Several Michigan clerks missed the [...]

Michigan got $173M to transform rural health. Where is it going? --- Michigan is handing out $173 million in grants to improve rural healthcare in the state, through the federally supported Rural Health Transformation Program Rural healthcare leaders say the money does [...]