Start the day smarter. Get all the news you need in your inbox each morning. What is SNAP? SNAP, formerly known as food stamps, is a federal program that provides benefits to low-income families to help afford food.

Even before SNAP benefits paused, pantries within the Greater Lansing Food Banks network were seeing consistent increases in usage.

Last week, the shelter had to cancel a mobile pantry distribution due to a lack of food. The shelter partners with the Greater Lansing Food Bank twice a month. It’s a human food distribution, but at the end of the line, Guild’s team is ready to help with pet food needs — and sometimes litter, too.

Michigan families, food banks and pantries and retailers react to looming pause in food assistance benefits due to the federal government shutdown.

Michigan House Democrats introduced a five-bill package to mitigate food access issues for residents at risk of losing SNAP benefits due to the federal government shutdown, while Republicans

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined 22 other state attorneys general in sending a letter on Friday to Department of Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins pressing for answers on the lapse in funding for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits,

Five lowest-graded offensive players (with at least 10 snaps): QB Bryce Underwood (47.4), WR Donaven McCulley (47.6), WR Semaj Morgan (52.0), WR Channing Goodwin (57.4), TE Marlin Klein (59.2)

Michigan could have spared a lot of stress for the roughly 1.4 million Michiganders who receive SNAP benefits, if not for wasteful spending in past years, says the Speaker of the state House.