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Politics & Government
12:49 pm
Thu June 6, 2013

No more welfare for dead people: Snyder cracks down on fraud

Michigan's Bridge Card, which provides food and cash assistance benefits.
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Governor Rick Snyder has signed a new law (House Bill 4042) to ensure that dead people and incarcerated citizens are not eligible for Michigan’s Bridge Card food assistance program.

The Department of Human Services already has policies to ensure that those who are not eligible (example: dead people and those incarcerated) do not receive aid. But House Bill 4042 makes the policy a law.

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Stateside
4:38 pm
Tue May 28, 2013

Diane Hathaway sentenced to one year and a day in prison

Credit Mark Brush / Michigan Radio
Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diana Hathaway and her lawyer Steve Fishman leaving the federal courthouse in Ann Arbor after sentencing.
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An interview with Rick Pluta about Diane Hathaway.

Former Michigan Supreme Court Justice Diane Hathaway was sentenced for bank fraud in federal court today in Ann Arbor.

Hathaway was forced to resign in January, halfway through her eight-year term on the state Supreme Court.

She resigned before pleading guilty to a scheme to cheat a bank by hiding assets including a vacation home in Florida.

That helped her qualify as a distressed homeowner, so she could then sell a lakefront home in Grosse Pointe Park as a short-sale.

Rick Pluta, Lansing Bureau Chief for the Michigan Public Radio Network, has been covering this story for us, and he joined us today in the studio.

Listen to the full interview above.

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