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Michigan Senate Passes Comprehensive Legislative Package to Hold Sexual Abusers Accountable, Provide Justice for Survivors
Legislation led by Sen. Hertel would make Michigan safer for all potential victims of sexual assault and child sex abuse LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 13, 2024) — Today, the Michigan Senate passed the “Justice for Survivors” package to give survivors of sexual assault greater...
Senate Passes Bills to Protect Family Homes, Wages and Taxpayer-Funded Benefits from Excessive Debt Collections
Senate Bills 408 and 409 will keep families from being pushed into poverty as they pay what they owe LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 12, 2024) — Today, the Michigan Senate passed Senate Bills 408 and 409, which would provide reasonable exemptions to protect Michigan residents...
Senate Democrats Champion Legislation to Protect Reproductive Rights, Give Michiganders the Freedom to Plan
After protecting abortion access, assisted reproduction procedures, surrogacy, and reproductive health data, Senate Democrats advance equitable access to contraceptive care LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 11, 2024) — Building on their commitment to empowering Michigan residents...
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Thank you to Food Gatherers for inviting me to the annual "State of Our Plate," for your amazing work serving our community, and for your kind recognition.
It's an honor to work with our food banks and food rescue organizations to meet the most basic needs of our neighbors. ... See MoreSee Less
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Trump pushes through an enormous tax increase and Republicans in Congress are asleep at the wheel.
This tax increase will hit the average US family with an additional $3,500 per year in new taxes.
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Trump side says tariffs will raise $6 trillion, which would be largest tax hike in US history | CNN Business
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White House aide Peter Navarro said Sunday that he expects President Donald Trump’s tariffs to bring in $6 trillion in revenue in the next decade, which could amount to the largest tax hike in US hi...3 CommentsComment on Facebook
I find it hard not to guess that he will try to have the pain much reduced by midterms. We shall see, I guess. All we need is one more shock and we could be in for some real darkness.
I worried we're seeing a master plan being started by this. He used the claim of a national emergency to push through these tariffs. If we're under federal emergency mode, there are a *lot* of things he has legal power to do that cut off all oversight and checks and balances. Things might be getting real scary real quick...
State Senator Jeff Irwin, I sent you a private message. Try to repond like that rather than on here, because I usually don't see it on here.
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. ... See MoreSee Less
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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.
More reason for people to stay on unemployment max time.