We now know that Heritage Action, one of the Republican Party’s largest dark-money groups, brags privately about its ability to write voter-suppression bills for the states; we also know that major corporations — including Google, Citigroup, Deloitte, TIAA-CREF,...
Direct care workers provide Medicaid-funded in-home, behavioral health and long-term care services to Michigan’s most vulnerable residents. There was already a pay increase in the current budget, that was to expire in February 2021, but was extended through September....
If you don’t love calling Republican Senators’ offices, there is another way you can make your voice heard. These two bills will pass out of committee Wednesday, so cards are needed Tuesday May 4. SB 273 adds prohibitively expensive regulations to drop...
Did you know that the Federal government approved $6 billion dollars for Michigan to use to help schools deal with the crises they face from COVID-19? We need to raise our voices and let the state and our communities know how we want the money spent to build healthy...
From MI Resistance: Our right to cast our votes freely, securely and equally in Michigan is under threat by new laws recently introduced in the state legislature. Michigan’s current voter identification system is a model for other states that balances security with...
An appeal to Michigan activists and potential volunteers: The Washtenaw County Health Department is leading the local Covid Vaccination drive. As this effort is ramping up, they NEED MORE VOLUNTEERS. Volunteers are essential and fill most of the jobs at the...
From MI Resistance: On Wednesday, March 24th, the Michigan GOP introduced a package of 39 bills that make it harder to cast a ballot. It’s all part of a national effort to suppress the vote and validate “the big lie” that the 2020 Presidential...
MI GOP Legislators Could Take Even MORE COVID PPP Aid For their Personal/Family Businesses While CONTINUING to Withhold $2.6 BILLION to Ordinary Michiganders Since December, 2020, the MI GOP has been withholding billions of dollars in Federal COVID aid in order to...
From MI Resistance: Twenty-three legislators in the GOP-led Michigan House and Senate have received over $11 million in COVID-related money from U.S. taxpayers for themselves or those close to them but refuse to allocate nearly half of the federal money provided to...
From Michigan Resistance: Michigan is one of few states that enforce the archaic practice of limiting distributed generation of solar power to less than 1% of total power. Michigan House Bill 4236 will remove this limit and allow Michigan residents to gather more than...
Action Item for 2-28-20 – Legislators Play Ping Pong While Children Go Hungry In December 2020, the Federal Government authorized 5.6 billion dollars for COVID relief to Michigan with the intention that it be spent on desperately needed food and housing assistance,...
Allocate Emergency COVID Funding for Housing Immediately Thousands of Michigan families are facing homelessness as a result of evictions related to COVID. They can’t pay bills and landlords have notes coming due. The COVID emergency eviction moratorium approved by...
