Yesterday reports emerged that anti-choice groups are launching a ballot drive to revive their failed attempt to ban health insurance plans from covering any abortions, even in case of rape and incest. This extremist proposal was vetoed by Gov. Snyder last December, on the same day he signed another law imposing the most sweeping and [...]
Michigan students are paying the price for massive cuts to education funding, and it’s time for Lansing Republicans to do something about the problem they created. The financial mismanagement of the Buena Vista schools has resulted in the district closing a month early, even though teachers volunteered to work for free. It’s time for this [...]
This week the Michigan Attorney General’s office was admonished publicly by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge William Collette for not following judicial procedure in court following two lawsuits. This is part of a disturbing and broader trend from Republican lawmakers in Lansing, as well as a targeted assault on Michigan’s middle class families. Attorney General [...]
Michigan’s legislature is back in session today, and rather than focusing on limiting LGBT rights or rigging our elections it’s about time they focus on something important: like equal pay for equal work. Next month, 50 years will have passed since John F. Kennedy signed the landmark Equal Pay Act, but women still earn 77 [...]
It’s the same old song with Lansing Republicans. At their state convention this past weekend, the Michigan Republican Party voted resoundingly to support a scheme to rig Michigan’s electoral votes. ALEC member and head of the House Republicans’ 2012 campaign Rep. Pete Lund is spearheading the effort. This scheme would have grafted Michigan’s gerrymandered congressional [...]
It’s tax time, and it’s going to hit the wallets of middle class families in Michigan now more than ever. Legislation pushed through by Governor Rick Snyder and Republican lawmakers is taking effect. And now it’s time to pay the piper. Seniors and poor families were hit the hardest – but incredibly, Lansing Republicans raised taxes [...]
This week Rep. Joel Johnson (R-Clare) introduced HB 4187, which requires all women to perform a “diagnostic ultrasound examination of the fetus at least two hours before an abortion is performed,” to provide “the most visibly clear image of the gross anatomical development of the fetus and the most audible fetal heartbeat.” Many – including [...]
Rep. Kenneth Kurtz has introduced bills that would deny homes to children based on religious beliefs. House Bills 5763 and 5764 are being introduced in the Families, Children and Seniors Committee today, Tuesday, November 27th. These bills are offensive and ridiculous. HB 5763 and 5764 essentially give adoption agencies a license to discriminate based on [...]
Lansing Republicans held a hearing today on House Bills 5684 and 5685. These bills would give a tax credit to fetuses after 12 weeks of gestation. Back up. What? Lansing Republicans voted last year to eliminate a state tax credit for parents with children. The message is clear – “your kids don’t count.” These ludicrous [...]
Instead of governing, Gov. Rick Snyder is all about campaigning for corrupt House Speaker Jase Bolger. Bolger plotted with former Democratic Rep. Roy Schmidt to switch parties a moment before the filing deadline and outsource the competition to a candidate of their choosing: his son’s friend. In effect, robbing Michigan’s 76th District of their voice. [...]