From the Chair After 40 years where Republicans called most of the shots in state government, for the last six months Democrats have had (small) legislative majorities working with a Democratic Governor to enact a people-first agenda. The results are truly breathtaking. This week’s podcast focuses on a review of all that’s been done. Headlines seem reserved for the bad news: disfunction, corruption, scandal, controversy. Government that’s working well usually doesn’t make headlines, but it did this week in the Detroit Free Press which recounts our successes: some of them bipartisan, many of them despite united Republican opposition. It is up to us to remind the people around us of all the good things that have happened with the Democrat-led state government. Democrats Leading Michigan Checklist – The First Six Months Budget passed on time, balanced, and including nearly $1-billion in targeted tax cuts Record investments made in K-12 education, including added support for at-risk students and universal free breakfast and lunch Michigan’s 1931 law making abortion a crime repealed Laws strengthening protections for victims of sexual assault Anti-labor laws passed during the Snyder administration repealed The Snyder “pension tax” repealed Election reforms LGBTQ+ Civil Rights Protections added to the[...]

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