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Sturgis Journal Michigan 59th District State Rep. Steve Carra on Tuesday officially announced his bid for the District 6 Congressional seat up, for grabs in 2022. Carra made the announcement at a fundraiser dinner at L.A.’s Coffee Cafe in Three Rivers. Carra, who was elected to the 59th District seat in November 2020, hopes to unseat incumbent Fred Upton. In a video provided to the Sturgis Journal by Carra, the state representative was introduced by cafe owner Jerry Robbins. “It’s my pleasure to have Steve here,” Robbins said. “I’m very proud of him, what he stands for. We need h...

Higdon: Legislation to address unemployement crisis to take effect By JIMMY HIGDON 14th District State Senator Thursday, April 8, 2021 — The General Assembly successfully passed nearly 200 pieces of legislation during the 30-day 2021 Session. Bills covered a wide variety of topics, but the impacts of COVID-19 continue to loom over the legislature, our state, and the nation. This is certainly the case for Kentucky, which is struggling with ongoing Unemployment Insurance (UI) issues. SEN. JIMMY HIGDON Employees of the Kentucky Labor Cabinet are working to address the backlog of claims. They a...

Mosbrucker Measure To Help Native Tribes In Washington 14th District State Rep. Gina Mosbrucker is working on new legislation to help solve cases of missing and murdered Native Americans in Washington State. Over the last five years Mosbrucker has been working with state tribal officials to pass a measure that helped increase state resources for reporting and identifying missing Native American women throughout Washington state. A press release from Mosbrucker says in 2019, the Legislature passed and the governor signed Mosbrucker's House Bill 1713, a landmark measure that established two tri...

We are a year plus into the Covid-19 pandemic and certainly have more answers than we had a year ago at this time but for many restaurants and small businesses, that's not the case. They are looking for answers to the questions of when can they expand capacity, what restrictions will be in place as they prepare for the summer of 2021 and so on. Get our free mobile app In an effort to expedite the process and navigate through the uncertainty of state restrictions, Ocean County 10th District State Senator Jim Holzapfel and Assemblymen Greg McGuckin and John Catalano are co-sponsoring a serie...

NCWLIFE 12th District State Reps. Keith Goehner, left, and Mike Steele. North Central Washington state lawmakers will hold virtual town halls this month to update constituents on the ongoing session of the state Legislature. On March 23, Reps. Keith Goehner and Mike Steele of the 12 th District will hold an hour-long town hall beginning at 6 p.m. The next night, March 24, at 7 p.m., 13 th District lawmakers will hold their virtual town hall, with state Sen. Judy Warnick and Reps. Tom Dent and Alex Ybarra. Constituents who want to participate must pre-register for the Zoom meetings. Go her...