Tag: government
Michigan food stamp payments to resume Saturday â but be cut in half
Michiganders who missed food stamp payments are expected to get reduced payments Saturday. Halved benefits from the federal government will be âa disappointment,â a health official acknowledged….
Owen Sound mayor sees potential city benefits in federal budget
Owen Sound’s mayor likes the sound of more money for infrastructure in Tuesday’s federal budget proposals. It’s too early to pass final judgment, said Ian Boddy on Wednesday, but efforts to help build more housing and related infrastructure, and to assist hospital and colleges could benefit the city and the county. The budget comes up […]
Federal budget export help welcomed by wood manufacturing cluster CEO
‘They’re helping us develop an export development program where we’re going to Saudia Arabia,’ wood cluster CEO Mike Baker said of a federal initiative in Tuesday’s budget.
LiUNA Local 1059 breaks ground on new $12.7 million training facility in Walkerton
Five years ago, Brandon MacKinnon sat in his London-area office, staring at a map of central Ontario. “I remember looking at the four counties, and sticking my finger in the middle, and Walkerton was the place,” he recalled. “It was a natural fit.” On Wednesday, Hayman Construction began excavating a 4.3-acre parcel of land in […]
In Michiganâs UP, a Head Start preschool closes. Blame the government shutdown
After its federal funding ran dry, a free preschool program for low-income kids in the Upper Peninsula has closed. Advocates say others are at risk….