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Dear Neighbor, I hope you're keeping warm as December brings colder weather to Michigan. With the holiday season here, I extend my best wishes to you and your loved ones. May you find time to unwind, relax and enjoy the festivities and celebrations. Reflecting on...
Gov. Whitmer Signs Bills Supporting Workers, Teachers, and Tribal Communities
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 29, 2023 Contact: press@michigan.gov Gov. Whitmer Signs Bills Supporting Workers, Teachers, and Tribal Communities Other legislation helps government work better LANSING, Mich.—Today, Governor Whitmer signed legislation...
Governor Whitmer Signs Historic Election Bills Package to Ensure Every Vote Can be Cast and Counted
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 30, 2023 Contact: press@michigan.gov Governor Whitmer Signs Historic Election Bills Package to Ensure Every Vote Can be Cast and Counted DETROIT, Mich. – Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a historic package...
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‼️ Michigan Teachers, Firefighters, and Police Officers
Rep. Matt Hall, the new Republican Speaker of the House, is playing games with your livelihoods.
In December, Michigan Legislative Democrats passed House Bill 6058, which means you pay LESS for your healthcare premiums.
Instead of moving the bill to the Governor for her signature into law—he is holding it back indefinitely.
This is the worst example of political gamesmanship that I have seen in my six years in state government.
Contact Speaker Hall and tell him to move YOUR bill to Governor Whitmer. ... See MoreSee Less
Key Democratic bills in legal limbo after Michigan House failed to send them to Whitmer
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Several bills, prioritized by Michigan Democrats and passed by the Legislature last month, didn't reach Whitmer's desk before Republicans took power.3 CommentsComment on Facebook
Price controls don't work.
I thought this was delivered yesterday?
Of course. Why did democrats wait until December of outgoing term to pass the legislation? Teachers, firefighters and police can’t win regardless of who is in power.
ICYMI: There are a couple of things that have happened at the federal level that I'd like to put on your radar:
1) The Biden Administration has mandated that medical debt can no longer be used in your credit score to buy a home or car or start a small business.
"The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau rule will remove $49 billion in medical debt from the credit reports of more than 15 million Americans, according to the bureau, which means lenders will no longer be able to take that into consideration when deciding whether to issue a loan.
The change is estimated to raise the credit scores by an average of 20 points and could lead to 22,000 additional mortgages being approved every year, according to the bureau."
Source: www.cbsnews.com/news/medical-debt-credit-reports-biden-administration-rule/
2) Teachers, firefighters, police officers and other public employees will finally, after 40 years, receive the FULL social security benefit they paid into as a result of the Biden Administration signing the Social Security Fairness Act. This act repealed the Windfall Elimination Provision and Government Pension Offset.
"Recipients who were [negatively] affected by the Windfall Elimination Provision can expect their monthly benefits to increase by an average of $360 by December, according to an estimate by the Congressional Budget Office (CBO).
Also by December, some spouses who were [negatively] affected by the Government Pension Offset are anticipated to receive an average monthly increase of $700 and surviving spouses receiving a widow or widower benefit a monthly average of $1,190, according to the CBO."
Source: www.npr.org/2025/01/06/nx-s1-5249689/social-security-fairness-act-biden-signed ... See MoreSee Less
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These are both great! I am personally affected by the SS Fairness Act, because I taught in Illinois for 9 years before moving to SE Michigan (year 21 in education and counting). WEP/GPO would have decreased my SS payments despite all of the money I have paid in. So many advocates worked so hard on this for so many years.
Thanks for sharing explanations
Any progress on State House Bill 5167?
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Seven years ago today, I was a high school English teacher who threw my hat in the ring for an open state senate seat.
I feel incredibly fortunate to be State Senator for Michigan’s 5th District. ... See MoreSee Less
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So awesome to see you go from being my English teacher to you advocating for others! 😊
I was lucky to have you as my English teacher and now I’m lucky to have you as a state senator. You’re doing great things. Thank you for everything! 🩷
Congratulation. please do something about the medical cap. We are drowning in medical contributions.
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