Changes to the Bottle Deposit Rules Threaten Toxic Site Clean-Up Funds Please call your Legislator! Yousef Rabhi (517) 373-2577 or https://www.house.mi.gov/mhrpublic/frmFindaRep.aspx From the Sierra Club: House Bill 5423 would alter Michigan’s bottle deposit laws and...
The Michigan Senate is considering a package of bills (Senate Bills 0065 and 0416) that would allow more Michiganders to expunge their criminal records. Support Expungement: Expand the number of people who qualify for expungement: Under the plan, a person with up to...
Current Michigan law dictates that 3rd grade children who are more than one grade level behind be held back to retake 3rd grade instead of proceeding to 4th. [Ref. 1] This is also called retention. (There are ways to prevent this within the law, but retention is the...
*PLEASE CALL ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS URGENT!!!***** On Wednesday, January 29th, the U.S. Senate will vote to determine whether witnesses and documents will be allowed in the removal trial of Trump. You may not think your call, your voice, matters. But it does....
Make those who care for our most vulnerable a priority In-home, direct care workers provide vital services to the most vulnerable residents in our state. And yet, they don’t even make enough money to live on. These workers include, personal attendants, home health...
*****PLEASE CALL ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE IT IS URGENT!!!***** Our current laws provide us with no method for holding polluters accountable for the damage that they do to our state. Instead of having to clean up their messes, they can even limit their efforts to...
In 2015, a global corporation called Switch Inc. was given a multi-million dollar state tax exemption to build a data center in Grand Rapids. Now, some lawmakers want to exempt that same corporation from local property taxes – for no apparent reason. Without...
Last Thursday the Michigan Legislature reached an agreement on the $975 million left on the table after Gov Whitmer was forced to line-item veto the GOP last-minute budget. But Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey(R) has rejected it saying he doesn’t trust the...
The United States House of Representatives voted to formalize the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump in response to allegations that he, yet again, sought the assistance of a foreign power to interfere in our elections. Despite the grave threat that this...
The United States House of Representatives voted to formalize the impeachment inquiry into President Donald Trump in response to allegations that he, yet again, sought the assistance of a foreign power to interfere in our elections. Despite the grave threat that this...
In 2015, a global corporation called Switch Inc., was given a multi-million dollar state tax exemption to build a data center in Grand Rapids. Now, some GOP lawmakers want to exempt that same corporation from local property taxes – for no apparent reason. This...
Pledge to Repeal is a movement dedicated to preventing Right to Life and The Heartbeat Coalition from enforcing abortion bans on the women in the state. These groups have organized a petition drive to push anti-abortion legislation, and they may well succeed. There is...
