A new jobs program in Michigan will help thousands find work
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hopes the Michigan Statewide Workforce Plan will provide training to 5,000 residents and help them find jobs rebuilding the state’s infrastructure.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hopes the Michigan Statewide Workforce Plan will provide training to 5,000 residents and help them find jobs rebuilding the state’s infrastructure.
‘Across Michigan, we are moving dirt and fixing the damn roads to drive economic activity, help Michiganders go to work, drop their kids off at school, and run errands safely,’ Whitmer said.
Many of the refugees receiving assistance provided translation and interpreting services for American soldiers deployed to the battlefield and face possible retribution, including death, in their home country.
Former Rep. Peter Meijer was looking to return to Congress, but couldn’t gain traction after former President Donald Trump endorsed a different Republican in the Michigan Senate primary.
H.B. 4676 is part of a package of bills introduced by Democratic Rep. Stephanie Young to address educational access for youth in foster care.
Michigan was the last state in the country where it was a crime to use a paid gestational surrogate.
The governor asked lawmakers for $159 million to fund free access to prekindergarten for every 4-year-old in Michigan in the upcoming fiscal year.
The news comes as the administration of Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer continues to focus on education.
Since 2022, law enforcement officials in Michigan have conducted 5,331 check-ins with felony offenders as part of a statewide initiative intended to reduce gun crime.
The new laws expand background checks and conviction-related ownership restrictions, require safe storage, and allow judges to issue ‘red flag’ protection orders prohibiting gun possession.