Here are some of the historic policy improvements and transformative investments we’ve made over the past two years:
Hitting the Ground Running
- Repealed the unpopular retirement tax.
- Passed one of the largest tax breaks for working families in Michigan’s history.
- Strengthened workers’ rights.
- Established legal protections for the LGBTQ+ community.
- Enacted measures to help keep our kids safe from gun violence.
- Protected reproductive freedom and repealed the 1931 abortion ban.
- Passed historic clean energy legislation.
Building and Continuing Progress
- Eliminated hurdles for IVF and surrogacy.
- Doubled survivor benefits for public safety officers.
- Increased funding to support students and teachers.
- Provided support to improve literacy rates and help students with dyslexia.
- Empowered home care workers to collectively bargain for better pay and safer working conditions.
- Expanded eligibility for energy bill assistance.
“Lame Duck” Accomplishments
- Broadened access to healthcare for pregnant mothers.
- Expanded access and affordability for contraception.
- Promoted Michigan’s new safe storage laws to keep kids safe from gun violence.
- Bolstered school safety measures.
- Strengthened laws to hold sexual abusers accountable.
- Established protections for families struggling with debt.
- Provided greater support to emergency medical service (EMS) providers.
- Improved utilization of resources to address Michigan’s accessible housing shortage.
- Broadened access to healthcare for pregnant mothers.
- Expanded access and affordability for contraception.
- Promoted Michigan’s new safe storage laws to keep kids safe from gun violence.
- Bolstered school safety measures.
- Strengthened laws to hold sexual abusers accountable.
- Established protections for families struggling with debt.
- Provided greater support to emergency medical service (EMS) providers.
- Improved utilization of resources to address Michigan’s accessible housing shortage.
Building Up and Investing in Our Communities
Statewide
Providing universal free school meals to public-school students.
Lowered childcare costs, supported childcare workers, and expanded free preschool for four-year-olds.
Expanded access to affordable education by increasing scholarships for the trades, guaranteeing free community college, and lowering costs for graduating seniors through the Michigan Achievement Scholarship.
Boosted investments to expand safe, affordable housing.
Increased investments in roads, bridges, and water infrastructure.
Local Highlights, Over $42 Million Secured for Critical Infrastructure