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Dear Neighbor, I hope this newsletter finds you well. Below are resources from the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) and the Attorney General’s office that may be helpful to you in this time of clean-up and recovery. I continue to...
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Sen. McCann Introduces Legislation to Allow Virtual Participation for People with Disabilities
Bill would allow those with disabilities to participate remotely in public bodies LANSING, Mich. (May 9, 2024) – Sen. Sean McCann (D-Kalamazoo) introduced Senate Bill 870 today that would amend Michigan’s Open Meetings Act to allow for virtual participation for...
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The new improvements to Michigan’s unemployment law are now in effect. I was proud to vote in support of this important expansion. ... See MoreSee Less
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Joel MacDhòmhnaillBuying votes? There is no reason to incentivize those who choose to use unemployment as a lazy crutch. Jobs are available, work is involved... Stop subsidizing non productive behavior.
1 day agoYesterday at the Capitol, I was pleased to help honor Dr. Edward Montgomery for his dedicated 8-year tenure at Western Michigan University as President. The Kalamazoo community and the State of Michigan are grateful for his time and service and he will be missed. Go Broncos! ... See MoreSee Less
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Joe ByarsNo we are not! He's been terrible for staff and students. He was only here for his own self-interests and to protect the billionaires, through anonymous donations, that live here!
2 weeks ago 3This morning I was proud to testify in support Senate Bill 129 with Teri Langley from Disability Network/Michigan. This bill will address the barriers that people with disabilities face when trying to serve on appointed boards by allowing them to participate remotely. The bill has advanced to the Senate floor and I look forward to continuing to move this bill forward. ... See MoreSee Less
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Creed StegallA Better Meaning To The Words, OF THE PEOPLE,BY THE PEOPLE
3 weeks agoJean KimmelHow about legislation to force Consumers to engage in actual preventative line maintenance so that electrical power outages occur less frequently? I am sitting in a dark house, again. This time, the power was gone within 5 seconds of the start of the storm. On my street, tree limbs extend over power lines, thru power lines. We lose power regularly.
6 days agoRebecca CanaryWhiskersWhen can we get attention to the barriers the disabled face in access to healthcare? Telehealth is the go-to accommodation for disabled healthcare, and I am personally shoved that direction repeatedly. Quick question, how do you do your own surgery via telehealth? Your own exams? Your own lab draws? This is a recurring problem, one which I brought to your attention four years ago, specifically addressing invisible-yet-physical barriers to healthcare such as the use of fragrances and essential oils in the building. Being fragrance-free facilities should be an obvious step for healthcare, with a third of the population reacting to fragrances and/or essential oils, yet there is no law forcing them to be fragrance free. When I brought this to your office, I was told that we have the ADA and to use that law and that no one else was doing state-level law and so you wouldn't either. Now with attacks on 504, the disabled are left with gutless ADA pseudolaw that has no functional enforcement. We are not getting the healthcare we need and are dying as a result. When will your office step up and introduce a bill for healthcare to be fragrance free and actually accessible?
3 weeks ago 1Michele McGowenThanks, Senator Sean McCann