The emergency funding for the program formerly known as food stamps would help 1.4 million Michigan residents who face losing food assistance in November as the federal government remains shut down.

The lawsuit filed in Massachusetts claims the U.S. Department of Agriculture is illegally refusing to pay for food assistance in November.

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, 22 other attorneys general and three governors sued the U.S. Department of Agriculture to maintain SNAP benefits as scheduled in November.

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

House Democrats in Lansing have introduced legislation that aims to protect food access for the 1.4 million Michiganders at risk of losing SNAP benefits.

Michigan House Democrats want to create a $900 million emergency fund to pay SNAP benefits for 1.4 million people across the state in November.

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,

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.