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Senate Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection Committee Passes Bills to Protect Michigan Families Struggling with Debt
LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 23, 2024) — Today, the Michigan Senate Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection voted to pass Senate Bills 408 and 409, a comprehensive bill package that modernizes the state’s consumer debt garnishment law and bankruptcy...
District Shoutouts, Legislative Updates, Resources & More
Dear Neighbor, I want to provide you with some information about what has been going on in our state government as well as update you on what I have been working on in the Michigan Legislature. In this e-news, you can find information about: Upcoming Coffee Hour...
Senate Democrats, Experts Host Freedom to Plan Town Halls, Engage with Local Residents on Legislation to Expand Access to Contraception, Reproductive Health Care
LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 4, 2024) — This month, Sens. Mary Cavanagh (D-Redford Twp.), Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor), and Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) hosted a series of virtual town halls on Senate Democrats’ Freedom to Plan legislation, a comprehensive bill package to reduce...
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Diversifying and localizing our food systems is an important goal, especially for a big agricultural state like Michigan. For too long, protein processing has been consolidated into a few, big businesses. Fostering local businesses to process meat is good for farmers and the public. I was proud to secure state support for this new business in Manchester.
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It was great to work with dentists to pass SB105.
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The Senate passed my bill, again, to modernize Michigan's debt collection system - which is the worst in the nation for people facing garnishment for medical or credit card debt
This was one of the bills illegally held up by the Michigan House and then, maddeningly vetoed by the Governor.
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