poverty

A new aid fund is starting up in Benzonia. The idea comes from a fund in Empire that pays bills for community members facing financial emergencies.

When winter hits northern Michigan, there’s usually a bump in the number of people who don’t know where their next meal will come from. But this year, the…

Today on Stateside , Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered most of the state to stay home in an effort to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. But...

As many as 165,000 people in Michigan could lose access to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (or SNAP) benefits under a proposed United States…

The Michigan Attorney General’s Office says it will do whatever it can to block a proposed price increase on electricity in the Upper Peninsula.The Upper…

Poverty is an issue that dates back to ancient times. In the Christian gospel of John, Jesus says to his disciple Judas: “You will always have the poor...

More Michigan children are living in poverty. According to this year’s Kids Count data, more than one out of five children - or 22.6 percent - in Michigan…

What defines affordable housing? According to the federal government, affordable housing means not spending more than 30% of your income on housing. In ...

By official economic measures, this country has emerged from the Great Recession. But recovery is not being felt in many neighborhoods in large and mid...

How wide is the wage gap between men and women in Michigan?It’s a question that needs to be explored in a state where the 2010 U.S. Census found 284,000...