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Legislature Passes Protections for Families Struggling With Debt

Legislature Passes Protections for Families Struggling With Debt

House Bills 4900, 4901 would shield homes, wages, and public benefits from excessive collections    LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 23, 2024) — The Michigan Legislature has passed House Bills 4900 and 4901 to ensure that Michigan residents are not pushed into poverty by...

Michigan Senate Passes Bills to Improve Pollution Cleanup 

Michigan Senate Passes Bills to Improve Pollution Cleanup 

LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 16, 2024) — Senate Democrats passed polluter accountability legislation Friday to require polluters to clean up more thoroughly, to improve transparency about polluted sites, and to make it easier for those harmed by pollution to seek justice....

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Michigan used to be the one of the worst states in America to become unemployed. Now, because of new rules passed by Democrats last year, we have a new law that:

*: Increases benefits

*: Extends the time workers can collect from 20 to 26 weeks

*: Increases benefits for workers with dependents

*: Adjusts annually with inflation

Even though workers pay for unemployment insurance through their employer, Michigan also had lots of little, technical rules that made it hard to claim and easy for the insurance system to deny claims. We eliminated those bureaucratic rules that were causing waste and inefficiencies so that the system can work better for everyone.
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Michigan used to be the one of the worst states in America to become unemployed. Now, because of new rules passed by Democrats last year, we have a new law that:

*: Increases benefits

*: Extends the time workers can collect from 20 to 26 weeks

*: Increases benefits for workers with dependents

*: Adjusts annually with inflation

Even though workers pay for unemployment insurance through their employer, Michigan also had lots of little, technical rules that made it hard to claim and easy for the insurance system to deny claims. We eliminated those bureaucratic rules that were causing waste and inefficiencies so that the system can work better for everyone.

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How about everyone Elon has fired for no reason.... Did you include those numbers ?

Thank you for all the hard work.

Now I'm waiting for libtards to complain that it's not a living wage.

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