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Senate Health Policy Committee Advances Legislation to Expand Contraception Access, Give Michiganders the Freedom to Plan
While other states work to restrict individuals’ reproductive rights, Michigan Senate Democrats are leading the fight to protect freedom of choice for all LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 4, 2024) — Sens. Mary Cavanagh (D-Redford Twp.) and Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) issued...
Sen. Cavanagh Champions Fair Chance Access to Housing Act to Establish Equitable Housing Practices, Ensure Basic Right to Housing
LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 27, 2024) — Yesterday, Sens. Mary Cavanagh (D-Redford Twp.) and Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) introduced Senate Bills 1154 and 1155 to prohibit landlords from requiring rental applicants to disclose their criminal histories during the initial housing...
Michigan Legislators Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Improve Public Safety and Community Trust With Police
Comprehensive bill package supported by Michiganders, law enforcement officials would limit use of no-knock warrants, require de-escalation and crisis response training, prevent body cam tampering, and enforce other safeguards to protect residents and enhance the...
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The Republicans control every branch of the federal government. They can send $40B to Argentina. They can buy expensive jets for Kristi Noem. They can spend millions to murder fisherman in Colombia... but they pretend they can't feed hungry people.
With SNAP benefits paused, Michigan recipients, advocates and lawmakers determine how to respond:
State Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) said that the change is “going to trigger all the folks at the state and the local governments, and then community action agencies and nonprofits, to start to scramble for what they can do to try to make sure that folks who are depending upon SNAP for food aren’t going without, aren’t literally starving.” . . . “Hopefully, the Republicans who run Congress and who are sitting in the office of the President get a budget done and get these funds out to the people who need them,” Irwin added.
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With SNAP benefits paused, Michigan recipients, advocates and lawmakers determine how to respond • Michigan Advance
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At 1 a.m. Thursday morning, Symone Wilkes, a Detroit resident and mother of two young sons, received a loud alert on her phone. It was her MI Bridges app — the site through which state benefits are ...9 CommentsComment on Facebook
My bill to lower car insurance rates advanced from committee and is now ready for a vote in the full Senate. This bill prohibits insurance companies from charging additional premiums to residents who have had a lapse in coverage. This discourages participation and drives up rates for all of us.
Amid Sky-High Auto Insurance Rates, Senate Committee Advances Bill to Protect Michigan Drivers After Coverage Gaps: senatedems.com/irwin/2025/10/22/coverage-gaps/
Here is coverage from WEMU:
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Amid Sky-High Auto Insurance Rates, Senate Committee Advances Bill to Protect Michigan Drivers After Coverage Gaps
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Amid Sky-High Auto Insurance Rates, Senate Committee Advances Bill to Protect Michigan Drivers After Coverage Gaps3 CommentsComment on Facebook
The circus of corruption continues. The President isn’t satisfied with his payments from corporations seeking approvals from his government, so now he wants YOU to pay him $230M. ... See MoreSee Less
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