Senate Committee Advances Legislation to Establish Prescription Drug Affordability Board
Bills would help lower prescription drug costs and could establish upper payment limits on life-saving medicine LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 27, 2023) — After receiving widespread support from local, state and national health and policy experts and...
Senate Passes McDonald Rivet Bill to Protect Heritage Farmland, Promote Solar Energy
Senate Bill 277 passes with bipartisan, local support LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 26, 2023) — Today, on a bipartisan vote, the Michigan Senate passed Senate Bill 277, legislation sponsored by Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) to allow farmers to...
Senators, Experts and Advocates Push to Rein in Skyrocketing Drug Costs, Keep Life-Saving Medicine Affordable
Senate Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection hears array of positive testimony on bills to create Prescription Drug Affordability Board LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 20,...
Michigan Prescription Drug Affordability Board Will Rein in Rising Costs of Life-Saving Drugs
Senate legislation will hold Big Pharma accountable with creation of new board LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 12, 2023) — Today, a group of Michigan Senators introduced a bill package to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board in Michigan (PDAB) —...
Sen. McDonald Rivet Brings A Lifetime of Policy and Passion To Fixing Child Care
With a child care crisis impeding employment opportunities and throttling economic growth across our nation, first-term State Senator Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) believes the ultimate answer is to go big — public options for child care and...
Sen. McDonald Rivet Joins Gov. Whitmer to Talk Preschool for All in Midland
MIDLAND, Mich. (August 10, 2023) — Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) issued the following statement after she and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited the Longview Early Childhood Center for a roundtable with staff and community partners in...
Sen. McDonald Rivet Brings Decades of Experience and Expertise to White House Summit to Strengthen Child Care
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) participated in a child care summit at the White House on Wednesday to collaborate on strategies to bring down costs for parents, increase access to providers, and improve job quality...
Sen. McDonald Rivet on Historic Budget, Securing Nearly $100 Million for Great Lakes Bay Region
LANSING, Mich. (June 30, 2023) — Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) issued the following statement after the Michigan Legislature passed the Fiscal Year 2024 budget, which includes historic investments in education and...
McDonald Rivet’s Pro-Economy, Pro-Environment Bills Head to Governor
Legislation Expanding Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy, Brownfield Redevelopment Act Sent to Gov. Whitmer With Bipartisan Support LANSING, Mich. (June 28, 2023) — This week, the Michigan Senate voted to pass two bills sponsored...
Senate Passes McDonald Rivet Bill to Increase Middle Income Housing
LANSING, Mich. (June 28, 2023) — Tuesday, the Michigan Senate passed legislation to increase the state’s middle-income housing supply by expanding Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) eligibility to include middle-income...
Senate Committee Advances Legislation to Establish Prescription Drug Affordability Board
Bills would help lower prescription drug costs and could establish upper payment limits on life-saving medicine LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 27, 2023) — After receiving widespread support from local, state and national health and policy experts and...
Senate Passes McDonald Rivet Bill to Protect Heritage Farmland, Promote Solar Energy
Senate Bill 277 passes with bipartisan, local support LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 26, 2023) — Today, on a bipartisan vote, the Michigan Senate passed Senate Bill 277, legislation sponsored by Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) to allow farmers to...
Senators, Experts and Advocates Push to Rein in Skyrocketing Drug Costs, Keep Life-Saving Medicine Affordable
Senate Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection hears array of positive testimony on bills to create Prescription Drug Affordability Board LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 20,...
Michigan Prescription Drug Affordability Board Will Rein in Rising Costs of Life-Saving Drugs
Senate legislation will hold Big Pharma accountable with creation of new board LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 12, 2023) — Today, a group of Michigan Senators introduced a bill package to create a Prescription Drug Affordability Board in Michigan (PDAB) —...
Sen. McDonald Rivet Joins Gov. Whitmer to Talk Preschool for All in Midland
MIDLAND, Mich. (August 10, 2023) — Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) issued the following statement after she and Gov. Gretchen Whitmer visited the Longview Early Childhood Center for a roundtable with staff and community partners in...
Sen. McDonald Rivet Brings Decades of Experience and Expertise to White House Summit to Strengthen Child Care
WASHINGTON, D.C., USA — Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) participated in a child care summit at the White House on Wednesday to collaborate on strategies to bring down costs for parents, increase access to providers, and improve job quality...
Sen. McDonald Rivet on Historic Budget, Securing Nearly $100 Million for Great Lakes Bay Region
LANSING, Mich. (June 30, 2023) — Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) issued the following statement after the Michigan Legislature passed the Fiscal Year 2024 budget, which includes historic investments in education and...
McDonald Rivet’s Pro-Economy, Pro-Environment Bills Head to Governor
Legislation Expanding Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy, Brownfield Redevelopment Act Sent to Gov. Whitmer With Bipartisan Support LANSING, Mich. (June 28, 2023) — This week, the Michigan Senate voted to pass two bills sponsored...
Senate Passes McDonald Rivet Bill to Increase Middle Income Housing
LANSING, Mich. (June 28, 2023) — Tuesday, the Michigan Senate passed legislation to increase the state’s middle-income housing supply by expanding Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA) eligibility to include middle-income...
McDonald Rivet Bill, Bipartisan Package to Prevent Sexual Assault and Empower Survivors Heads to Governor
LANSING, Mich. (June 22, 2023) — Yesterday, the Michigan House voted to send Senate Bills 66-73, a bipartisan package of legislation strengthening state laws regarding sexual assault and survivor support, to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for...
Sen. McDonald Rivet Brings A Lifetime of Policy and Passion To Fixing Child Care
With a child care crisis impeding employment opportunities and throttling economic growth across our nation, first-term State Senator Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) believes the ultimate answer is to go big — public options for child care and...
Senate Democrats Finalize Lowering MI Costs Plan, Send $1B in Historic Tax Relief to Governor’s Desk
McDonald Rivet’s Working Families Tax Credit, Hertel repeal of retirement tax to benefit 1.2M Michiganders LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 28, 2023) — Today, Senate Democrats finalized the biggest tax relief initiative Michigan has seen in decades, sending...
Sen. McDonald Rivet on Gov. Whitmer’s State of the State Address
LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 25, 2023) — Sen. Kristen McDonald Rivet (D-Bay City) has issued the following statement in response to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s “State of the State” address on Wednesday evening: “The Working Families Tax Credit is a policy...
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