Politics
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Workforce development program fast-tracks Michigan nurses’ training to ease shortages
The Biden-Harris administration’s American Rescue Plan provided Michigan nursing schools and health care centers with much-needed funding to help them invest in the health care workforce.
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How the Biden-Harris administration expanded child care benefits in Michigan
Harris has also sought to align school and work hours, expand after-school and summer programs, and guarantee paid leave for parents and caregivers.
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Harris helped cut insulin prices for 122,000 Michigan seniors
Hundreds of thousands of Michigan seniors, including a Portage manufacturer, are seeing big savings in prescription drug costs, thanks to the Biden-Harris administration.
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Kamala Harris’ policy priorities are focused on making healthcare more affordable for Michiganders
The American Rescue Plan and Inflation Reduction Act lowered healthcare premiums, lowered drug costs and made vaccines free for Michigan seniors on Medicare, and eliminated medical debt for hundreds of thousands of Michiganders.
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Biden-Harris administration wants to make it easier to cancel subscriptions and bypass chatbots
The White House wants to end corporate practices that it says wastes consumers’ time and money, such as forcing customers to wait on hold for refunds, placing unnecessary barriers on canceling subscriptions, and making it difficult to access or submit health insurance claims.
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JD Vance says he wants to help families, but missed vote to expand child tax credit
Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance proposed more than doubling the federal child tax credit to $5,000 over the weekend, but recently missed the chance to vote for an expanded credit—an effort his fellow Senate Republicans blocked.
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With Ottawa Impact set to lose majority on county commission, Dems look to pick up more seats
Tuesday was a big night for Ottawa County politics, as the majority of candidates backed by Ottawa Impact Republicans for county commission and countywide offices lost in the Aug. 6 primary—and Democrats are looking to make bigger gains.
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Republican candidates go full MAGA at Michigan Supreme Court debate
The Republican candidates for the state Supreme Court are standing against Michigan’s women and workers—and the ‘woke rogue liberal bench’ that has sided with them.
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Dozens of pregnant women, some bleeding or in labor, being turned away from ERs despite federal law
Even as the Biden administration publicly warned hospitals to treat pregnant patients in emergencies, facilities continue to violate the federal law. The issue became a focus for the administration following reports of women being improperly treated in emergency rooms after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn the constitutional right to an abortion more than two…
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Jan. 6 police officers call Michigan ‘epicenter of preserving of democracy’
Two police officers who defended the US Capitol from an attempted insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021, said in Flint on Friday that Michigan is the “epicenter of preserving democracy.”
