At 1 a.m. Thursday morning, Symone Wilkes, a Detroit resident and mother of two young sons, received a loud alert on her phone. It was her MI Bridges app — the site through which state benefits are provided — alerting her that her Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits,

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services is pausing food assistance benefits in November until further notice.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services says it was instructed to hold November SNAP payments "due to the ongoing federal government funding lapse."

A program that provides benefits to low-income households for buying groceries will be paused in November. Michigan says the federal government instructed them that a lapse in funding was due to the shutdown.

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)

FOX 17 reached out to our federal lawmakers to find out if the pause in SNAP benefits in Michigan could spark a new round of negotiations to pass a spending plan in Washington.

Michigan's Double Up Food Bucks program extends the purchase power for food stamp recipients at participating retailers.

The Spartans dropped their fifth straight game and fourth consecutive rivalry matchup with the Wolverines after a sloppy performance.