Birmingham Nonprofits Urge Opposition to Federal Cuts in Food, Health Care Assistance - BirminghamWatch

Report: Food assistance cuts would cost Michigan about $900 million

BY ANNA LIZ NICHOLS, MICHIGAN ADVANCE MICHIGAN—The more than $290 billion cuts to federal food assistance programming being passed through Congress in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act will cost Michigan about $900 million, the Michigan State Budget Office found this week. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called attention to the memo from the State Budget Office Wednesday, estimating the losses anticipated for Michigan. The Republican-championed spen…

Birmingham Nonprofits Urge Opposition to Federal Cuts in Food, Health Care Assistance - BirminghamWatch

Jenn Gray with Birmingham Indivisible speaks during a town hall on cuts in the proposed federal budget. (Photo by Olivia McMurrey) If a federal budget bill in Congress becomes law, food assistance for nearly 800,000 Alabamians could be cut or significantly reduced and tens of thousands of people in the state could lose their health insurance or see steep premium hikes, speakers told a crowd of about 75 people during a town hall meeting Saturday.…