Government shutdown

With SNAP benefits on hold, Michigan is launching emergency food programs to help struggling families. From Lansing to Flint, communities are uniting to keep food on the table.

Michigan airports are feeling the impact of the federal shutdown as TSA agents and air traffic controllers work unpaid. Detroit Metro is already seeing delays, while Flint Bishop braces for ripple effects.

Michigan leaders reached a budget deal to avoid a shutdown, but Washington may not be so lucky.

Michigan’s government risks a shutdown as budget talks stall over roads and school funding. Lawmakers and the governor are scrambling to reach a deal before October 1.

Michigan could face its first government shutdown since 2009 if leaders don’t reach a budget deal by Oct. 1. Lawmakers remain divided over how to fund $3 billion for road repairs.

A lot of people have been asking how they can help - here's one way.

Before anybody spews their partisan venom, they are from BOTH sides of the aisle.

A deal was reached Wednesday night to reopen the federal government and raise the debt ceiling. Two Michigan Congressmen - Dan Kildee (D-Flint) and Dave Camp (R-Midland) - issued statements on the deal: Congressman Dan Kildee, who represents Michigan's Fifth Congressional District (which includes Flint), had this to say: “Tonight I voted in favor of a bipartisan compromise to immediately reopen th

YWCA CEO Harmony Langford talks about impacts of the government shutdown, Wiccan priestess Amy Jean Gooslin talks about the significance of Halloween and guitarist Barry Forster performs for FRIDAY LIVE AT FIVE plus "Schlocktober with Elvira" on The Tom Sumner Program Friday October 11 beginning at 3 p...