10/22/2025

UPPER MICHIGAN - Former Republican Rep. Beau LaFave, who represented Michigan’s 108th State House District from 2017 to 2022, says he will run for Michigan’s 38th State Senate District which includes Gogebic and Ontonagon Counties, in the 2026 election according to a social media announcement.  Republican Chris Reynolds and Democrat Kelli van Ginhoven also running for that seat.  Sen. Ed McBroom (R-38th State Senate District) cannot run again due to term limits.

10/22/2025

MADISON - Governor Tony Evers is warning Wisconsinites that Wisconsin’s Foodshare program will run out of funding at the end of the month unless the government shutdown ends.  Evers says they received a notice from the Trump Administration that there will be insufficient funds to pay November’s SNAP benefits.  Also, Funding for the FoodShare and food stamps programs are set to expire next week. 

10/22/2025

LANSING - Changes planned to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, could begin affecting beneficiaries in Michigan and across the country as early as November 1st.

 The new federal budget is expanding SNAP work rules and reducing benefits. Public health officials say the cuts could force low-income Michigan families to choose lower-quality groceries due to the cost of healthy food. University of Michigan nutrition professor Kate Bauer says it's one more economic hit on already-stressed families.

                    0:12  "It's critical resources, especially during times like these, where food prices are incredibly high, housing prices are high, families’ budgets are being stretched in ways they never have before."

More than 1-point-4 million Michiganders received SNAP benefits in 2024, but economists say under the new rules, between 200-thousand and 300-thousand Michigan households could see significant reductions in benefits. The cuts were part of the G-O-P-backed budget reconciliation bill that made the 2017 tax cut program permanent.