The rate of kids in Michigan that are abused or neglected rose 34 percent over the past decade, according to the...
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The former head of a Traverse City charity has been charged with seven counts of felony embezzlement. Police allege Mary Lee Flohe, 69 of Elmwood Township, syphoned...
The waiting room was full, a line out the door at 8:00 Wednesday morning at Deerhaven Family Dentistry. People travelled from all over the region, from places such as...
By Laura Weber
Poverty and homelessness rates have been on the rise over the past several years in Michigan. That's according to an annual report on poverty from the Michigan...
Republican leaders at the state Capitol say they expect to wrap up work on a plan to ensure there's money to help low-income families with their heating bills this winter. But...
At the state Capitol, the debate continues over how to ensure there's money available to help thousands of low-income families that need help paying their heating bills this winter...
State House Republicans have introduced a plan to help make sure low-income homes can keep the heat on through the coming winter. The plan is a short-term solution to a home-...
The state Department of Human Services plans to use a so-called "rocket docket" to dispose of more than a thousand challenges filed by families about to lose cash assistance...
Hard times are forcing some hard choices. People with low income struggle to pay for food, housing and heat.
Food pantries are taking up some of the slack. But...
Human services advocates are calling on state lawmakers to make sure people in low-income households do not have their heat turned off this winter, and to act before the...
