The Michigan proposal would allocate $50 million for EBT cards and $20 million for food banks and farm programs to help Michigan residents during the federal SNAP pause.

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

Muskegon food pantries are preparing for the potential pause in SNAP benefits in Michigan as the deadlock in Washington D.C. over the federal government budget continues.

House Speaker Matt Hall called the Senate plan "fake" and "political" while touting his work with Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to provide $4.5 million to food banks in the state.

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.

Thousands of Michigan military families are struggling to afford groceries as food prices rise and access to programs like SNAP and WIC becomes more uncertain.

State elected Democrats are struggling to pull together a plan that would continue food assistance for roughly 1.4 million Michiganders, just days before a Nov. 1 deadline. Attorney General Dana Nessel has sued President Donald Trump’s administration in response to an announcement that - starting next month - it will cut off Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel called for a temporary restraining order against the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s decision to allow Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits, also known as SNAP,