Month: May 2021

Congress has Alpena-area residents’ health in their hands

Congress has Alpena-area residents’ health in their hands congress-has-alpena-area-residents’-health-in-their-hands

This column originally appeared in The Alpena News on May 27, 2021 COVID-19 has claimed the lives of thousands of our fellow Michiganders, including many people we have all directly known, worked with, and cared about. And, on top of the very real physical health risks, the pandemic has also harmed our economy and turned […]

Budget surplus, bipartisan agreement sets stage for transformational investments in Michigan’s people

Budget surplus, bipartisan agreement sets stage for transformational investments in Michigan’s people budget-surplus,-bipartisan-agreement-sets-stage-for-transformational-investments-in-michigan’s-people

For Immediate ReleaseMay 21, 2021 Contact: Alex Rossman arossman@mlpp.org 517-775-9053 Budget surplus, bipartisan agreement sets stage for transformational investments in Michigan’s people The League continues to push for investments in child care, worker supports, essential safety net programs, and weighted, equitable school funding LANSING—The Michigan League for Public Policy issued the following statement on today’s […]

Tax Day 2021: A different date, the same important impact

Tax Day 2021: A different date, the same important impact tax-day-2021:-a-different-date,-the-same-important-impact

Unless you’ve only been filing taxes the last two years (looking at you, recent college graduates), you’d understand that it’s odd to have a Tax Day falling in May (or July, as the case was last year). While Tax Day typically is April 15, the COVID-19 public health crisis has pushed it further into the […]

Restoring driver’s licenses for all immigrants will benefit entire stat

Restoring driver’s licenses for all immigrants will benefit entire stat restoring-driver’s-licenses-for-all-immigrants-will-benefit-entire-stat

This column originally appeared in The Alpena News on May 12, 2021 By Alex Rossman, External Affairs Director, and Simon Marshall-Shah, State Policy Fellow At first, state and federal policies to better support Michigan immigrants may not seem particularly relevant to the Alpena area. But new research from the Michigan League for Public Policy shows that 684,000 […]

It’s up to Congress to continue President Biden’s commitment to Michigan Families

It’s up to Congress to continue President Biden’s commitment to Michigan Families it’s-up-to-congress-to-continue-president-biden’s-commitment-to-michigan-families

This column originally appeared in Michigan Advance on May 10, 2021 President Joe Biden’s first address to Congress last week was momentous in a multitude of ways. As a woman who held elected office for more almost three decades, hearing the words “Madam Vice President” and “Madam Speaker” was particularly powerful, as was seeing two women—including a […]

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