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Michigan Senators Propose Bipartisan Legislation to Provide Balanced Oversight
Irwin, McBroom seek to establish bipartisan, bicameral oversight committee within Michigan Legislature LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 10, 2025) — State Sens. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) and Ed McBroom (R-Waucedah Twp.) have introduced legislation to ensure the Michigan Legislature...
Sens. Shink, Irwin Promote Better Use of Energy Resources with Virtual Power Plants
Innovative energy proposal would use existing resources to help lower utility costs, increase energy reliability and resiliency LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 9, 2025) — Today, Sens. Sue Shink (D-Northfield Twp.) and Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) introduced legislation to use...
Michigan Senate Advances Reforms to Ensure Fair, Transparent Petition Process, Combat Election Disinformation
LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 13, 2025) — Today, the Michigan Senate passed with bipartisan support a comprehensive bill package that tackles election disinformation and improves transparency and integrity in the petition circulation process. Championed by Sens. Jeremy Moss...
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Moments ago, the State Senate voted to restore funding to projects that House Republicans cut indiscriminately last week.
Here's the quick version: several community projects were approved in the 2024-2025 budget. Many of those projects were underway such as the renovations to a center that supports childhood victims of sexual assault or a new fire truck for Hamtramck. Despite the fact that they were debated and approved, House Republicans used an obscure budget provision to revoke these contracts if all of the money wasn't already spent. This is disruptive and wasteful; but, Republicans leaders said they wanted to use these groups and their projects as political leverage in other negotiations.
Now, the ball is in the Republicans' court. Do they want to restore funding to the projects that they recklessly cut midstream, like wigs for kids with cancer or shelter for homeless families, or do they want to continue using their own constituents as leverage for unrelated political fights? ... See MoreSee Less
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Last week, Michigan House Republicans made reckless and irresponsible cuts to many important projects that were budgeted for and approved. We heard details today about how child victims of sexual assault, fire departments, mom's and babies in the Rx kids program, k12 schools, and an organization that provides wigs for kids with cancer are all being negatively affected by the chaos and uncertainly of having their contracts canceled.
Now, the Speaker is digging in and calling Republicans who want to support these important investments in our state "traitors."
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Michigan fire, education officials 'gut punched' by House GOP funding cuts - Bridge Michigan
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After controversial funding cuts for a new fire truck nursing program and more, House Speaker Matt Hall calls fellow Republicans with concerns ‘budget traitors.’1 CommentsComment on Facebook
At the Literacy Summit yesterday, Governor Whitmer indicated that her administration will focus on improving our literacy rates for her last year as Governor.
I am very excited to work with the Governor and her team to build on the new “science of reading” literacy laws that we passed last year. That legislation, sponsored by Sen Polehanki and myself and shepherded through the House by Rep Koleszar, ensures that we train educators and specifically teach kids on how to decode the written language.
Mlive's coverage of the Literacy Summit: www.mlive.com/education/2025/12/improving-michigan-students-reading-skills-an-all-hands-on-deck-c... ... See MoreSee Less
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