SNAP benefits will halt in November if the federal government shutdown continues. How it will affect people in Michigan.

Michigan families, food banks and pantries and retailers react to looming pause in food assistance benefits due to the federal government shutdown.

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.

Last week, the shelter had to cancel a mobile pantry distribution due to a lack of food. The shelter partners with the Greater Lansing Food Bank twice a month. It’s a human food distribution, but at the end of the line, Guild’s team is ready to help with pet food needs — and sometimes litter, too.

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

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,

Even before SNAP benefits paused, pantries within the Greater Lansing Food Banks network were seeing consistent increases in usage.