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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...
Senate Committee Hears Testimony on Legislation to Improve Access to Contraception, Give Michiganders the Freedom to Plan
From over-the-counter contraception to postpartum contraception, Senate Democrats are paving the way to a future where Michiganders have full control over their reproductive health LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 26, 2024) — Today, Sens. Mary Cavanagh (D-Redford Twp.),...
Irwin and Polehanki Legislation to Improve Literacy and Help Students With Dyslexia Heads to Governor’s Desk
Bills to screen students for characteristics of dyslexia receive bipartisan and nearly unanimous support in Senate LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 26, 2024) — Today, the Michigan Senate finalized Senate Bills 567 and 568, comprehensive legislation to improve reading in...
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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 ...11 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/
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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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