DeJanay Booth-Singleton is a digital producer at CBS Detroit. She covers various topics such as crime, business and politics. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says it will ...

Michigan increases energy assistance by $15 million as White House proposes cutting federal LIHEAP program that helps 400,000 residents.

Lawmakers in the Michigan Senate heard testimony Tuesday, Oct. 28, on legislation that would create a water affordability fund in Michigan to assist households struggling with their monthly payments.

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - State elected leaders are trying to pull together a plan that would continue food assistance for roughly 1.4 million Michiganders, just days before a Nov. 1 deadline. Attorney ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI — Michigan officials say $30 million in funding for workforce development is necessary in the state’s next ...

If the shutdown continues through Dec. 1, the Bipartisan Policy Center says roughly 4.5 million paychecks will be withheld from federal civilian employees, adding up to about $21 billion. A 2019 law ...

WASHTENAW COUNTY, MI - Food assistance programs are being stretched to their limit after suspended benefits created one of the worst situations one county leader said he has ever seen. Food pantries ...

The end of the federal government shutdown can't come quick enough for many wallets in Michigan. Michigan hasn't been the worst hit by far. But the state ranks No. 11 for personal financial stress, ...