Jeff Irwin

Michigan awards $87 million for schools to buy proven literacy materials - Bridge Michigan In a state with over 400 English language arts curricula used in elementary classrooms, a new investment may cut down on those programs. It just might raise test scores too.

After passing landmark literacy legislation last year, Michigan is investing in literacy materials and training meant to improve early reading education.

This year, we need to keep investing in the science of reading and evidence-based literacy materials.

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Yes. Michigan state government shuts down on Oct 1 if nothing passes.

Our schools, our local governments, our mental health professionals, our police, our roads, prisons, forest and wildlife management professionals all deserve better.

Our people deserve better.

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The Senate passed budgets in May, months ago. The House still hasn't produced their starting proposal.

Michigan House Republicans need to pass a budget so that negotiations can move past shadowboxing with a non-participant.

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It is August. The Michigan House of Representatives hasn't passed a full budget proposal.

This needs to get done before October 1st. Usually, the House and Senate pass initial budgets in May and work towards a final budget.

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Not only did Trump erase accountability for his crimes, but you're paying the salary of this violent criminal as a high-ranking official at the Department of "Justice."

Dem Rep says Trump is hurting American businesses in Michigan by issuing steep tariffs Some Michigan counties are seeing new manufacturing jobs, but Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer directed state resources to assess the true impact of President Trump’s tariffs as prices start to…

"The way that the [Trump] tariffs have been managed have been, quite frankly, chaotic." @debbiedingell.house.gov takes on Trump's erratic and reckless management of the trade war and how it's harming Michigan families. www.msnbc.com/weekends-wit...

Trump’s ‘beautiful bill’ will create big Michigan budget hole, report says. What about a roads deal? The projected $1.1 billion hole in Michigan’s upcoming budget will likely put a wrench into ongoing negotiations over a long-term road funding plan.

Republicans are making it harder for Michigan's state and local governments to fund schools, healthcare, roads, or anything else. As the cuts roll out (the worst ones kicking in right after the midterms), this will make it harder for Michigan to address our needs.

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Federal Medicaid Cuts Will Have Big Consequences in Michigan - Citizens Research Council of Michigan How Medicaid changes could affect Michigan residents and healthcare suppliers

The Citizens Research Council examined the impact of the new taxing and spending bill from Trump and Congressional Republicans. Their analysis show the magnitude and the timing of these changes for the State of Michigan.

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Michigan tax capture law spurs new affordable housing. The cost? $144,000 per unit | Bridge Michigan Michigan is giving developers $84 million in property tax rebates to build high-demand housing that includes at least some ‘affordable’ units. Critics question the value of the incentive, which will l...

This legislation gives local communities another tool to tackle the housing crisis.

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Trump's job-killing policies strike again: Michigan loses out on $55 billion semiconductor manufacturing plant.

Building the cars of the future right here in Michigan is critical to our prosperity. Unfortunately, Republicans soured this deal with chaotic tax increases and bad manufacturing policy.

Disabled veteran who is a US citizen was taken during Camarillo immigration raid, family says Concerned family members are desperate for answers after they say a disabled U.S. veteran and citizen was taken during a federal immigration raid at a cannabis farm in Camarillo.

Trump's deportation regime is out of control. They're not focused on "hardened criminals." They're tearing apart families and even snatching up US citizens—including military veterans—without warrants. abc7.com/post/disable...

Michigan needs better clean water protections. You can help by encouraging your lawmakers to support our legislation holding polluters accountable.

A very important thread from Sam Bagenstos.

The illegal and unconstitutional actions of the Michigan Speaker are infuriating as well as damaging to many people.

In addition to pro-labor reforms, I worked to get garnishment and bankruptcy reforms passed that will benefit thousands of Michiganians.

Even when they passed a school budget, they did it weeks late and loaded with accounting gimmicks, funding for religious schools, and culture war issues. We need House Republicans to get serious about passing a normal budget that serves our schools, not their political ideology.

Michigan Republicans can't pass a budget. Here we are in July, and they still haven't passed the main budget bill. Maybe they're spending too much time trying to blame Democrats for their failure to do their work?

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Today is the deadline for MI to pass a budget. Senate Democrats passed a reasonable, balanced budget several weeks ago. House Republicans keep posturing and refusing to negotiate.

Even though House Republicans voted for this deadline, now they are ignoring the deadline, leaving schools hanging.

Adding trillions to the debt.

Cutting people off healthcare and food assistance.

All to put more money in the pockets of the wealthy elites.

Do you believe we will continue to have free and fair elections?

Medicaid cuts don't save money. They push the costs to you.

The Republicans' plan means that we pay more for a worse outcome, all to line the pockets of the wealthy elites.

These "community piping systems" can get old or cruddy, and they need to be tested and monitored for safe drinking water.

We saw big, bipartisan support and support from mobile home parks owners, but not from the Republican running for Governor.

SB46 allows the state to test water and require safe drinking water standards for mobile home parks that buy water from a municipal system and then "sub-meter" or redistribute the water to trailers.

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I'm delighted that we passed my bill today that closes a loophole in the Safe Drinking Water Act to ensure that all water delivered to mobile homes is subject to testing and regulation by the state.

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Detained immigrant's pregnancy fails while in ICE custody - Nashville Banner ICE's treatment of undocumented immigrants raises concerns as a woman's experience highlights what she described as inadequate medical care while in detention.

Disgusting treatment by our government: nashvillebanner.com/2025/05/27/i...

House Reconciliation Bill Proposes Deepest SNAP Cut in History, Would Take Food Assistance Away From Millions of Low-Income Families | Center on Budget and Policy Priorities The House-passed Republican reconciliation plan would cut nearly $300 billion from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) through 2034, based on Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimat...

What's more, Republicans are proposing to hit states with hundreds of millions of dollars in new costs for the food assistance program. Republican's new costs will make it harder for states to fill these holes as well as the holes in our roads or our education budgets.

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Proposed cuts to food assistance will hurt kids, older adults, and our state budget.

Parents of kids shouldn't get cut off when their kids are older and hungrier, and older adults shouldn't be cut off, forcing them to choose between rising costs for food, medicine, and housing.

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While bombing Iran is bad for Trump’s poll numbers, starting a war and creating chaos is good for Trump as an authoritarian. Authoritarians exploit chaos to claim emergency powers, deploy the military domestically, and undermine free and fair elections.

These attacks must be viewed from this lens.

Trump is putting our nation, the whole world, and especially US armed forces in danger.

He planted the seeds of the current crisis by pulling out of the anti-nuclear treaty with Iran, enabling and encouraging this awful situation.

Michigan needs to follow through on our new literacy laws. Last year, we passed literacy legislation that weaves the science of reading into early elementary reading instruction.

Now, we need a budget that follows through on the training, coaches, and high-quality literacy materials that we need.

Trump continues to stoke the coals of conflict and embroil the United States into war.

Tehran is a city of around 10M people. Our president is openly threatening a city of ten million people with violence. Threatening civilians is wrong, and it is also counter to our safety and security.