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Michigan Department of Human Services

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,…

Judge Reverses Snyder Administration Removal of 11K Mich. Families From Welfare

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 28, 2012 0

by Rob Smith It's been a tough couple of weeks for Governor Rick Snyder in the Michigan courts. First a Wayne County judge declared closed-door meetings of the finance team which had been evaluating whether Detroit should be forced to…

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Foodist: Is Bourgeois Sustainable Food A Folly When 45.8 Million Americans Use Food Stamps?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Aug 5, 2011 1

Is it possible for gluttony, purity, and morality to coexist with affordability? Or is this utopian vision a myth?