Rep. Faris introduces bill to help disabled veterans
LANSING – State Representative Pam Faris (D-Clio) introduced HB 4785 recently, a bill to help ease financial burdens disabled veterans...
Michigan Democrats Introduce Bills Creating Standards For Sharing Human Breast Milk
LANSING (WWJ/AP) – Members of the Democratic minority in the Michigan Legislature have introduced bills setting out rules for sharing of...
Canton program to empower girls
In March, Democratic state Rep. Kristy Pagan of Canton told a Huffington Post reporter that as a young woman she faces obstacles in the...
Breast milk banks a possibility in Michigan
It could trade for 400 times more than the price of crude oil and 2,000 times more than iron ore. If sold off the shelf, it could cost...
Bill would mandate insurance coverage of wigs
LANSING — Although Wigs 4 Kids provides wigs and other services, free of charge, to children who lose their hair because of a medical...
State bill would ban questions, discrimination over contraceptive use
LANSING — Employers would be barred from asking employees or job candidates about their use of contraceptives under legislation...
Second chances for youthful offenders key point of bill, state rep says
LANSING, MI - A state representative from Muskegon who sponsored part of the legislation that revamped Michigan's youthful offenders...
Lawmakers, university officials discuss unifying campus sexual assault prevention statewide
On June 8, the Snyder administration announced a $500,000 proposal for the 2016 fiscal year budget to go toward preventing sexual assault...
Activists, Detroiters warn of brewing water crisis
Lansing — Southeast Michigan residents brought a litany of angry and frustrated complaints to a hearing called Wednesday by lawmakers who...
Michigan Dem lawmakers propose raising tipped minimum wage to base minimum wage
LANSING — Tipped workers in Michigan would be paid the same minimum wage offered to all other hourly employees under a plan introduced...
