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SNAP Recipients Aren’t the Only Ones Who Need Assistance: Where to Find Help in Washtenaw County

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 3, 2025

Approximately eight percent of Washtenaw County residents receive SNAP benefits, some 26,000 individuals. In 2023, in Ann Arbor, approximately 19.7 percent of residents (25,610) lived below the poverty line. In Ypsilanti, 25.6 percent of…

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Families That Won as Little as $1,000 in Mich. Lottery Cut Off From Food Assistance and Medicaid by DHS

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Oct 31, 2014 0

MORE THAN 7,200 people who won at least $1,000 in the Michigan Lottery last year were living in households that received public assistance, according to a state report. According to DHS director Maura Corrigan’s 3-page report, “In 2013,…

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Urban Exile: Food Stamp Cuts Hurt Children, Education and the Economy

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Dec 1, 2013 0

by Michael J. Brennan MICHIGANDERS ARE feeling the sting of a slow economic recovery — especially throughout Greater Detroit — and the lingering effects of the Great Recession are hitting families each night around the dinner table. As…

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EDITORIAL: When Democrats Vote Like The Republicans They Unseated

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Nov 25, 2013 0

ANN ARBOR OFFICIALS who serve in Lansing recently voted on reform bills that require those who apply for welfare and unemployment benefits to be tested for illegal drug use. Those who test positive for illegal drug use would be denied their…