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CHLOE TROFATTER State Rep. Sara Cambensy, D-Marquette, is shown testifying before the House Committee on Commerce and Tourism in Lansing in October 2019. The House Health Policy Committee recently reviewed a bill by Cambensy to cap insulin copays at $50 for a 30-day prescription. The bill, one piece of a larger 15-part health care package, was passed by the House in late March and referred to the Senate Health Policy and Human Services Committee. (Journal file photo) LANSING — The Legislature is reviewing bills that would reduce insulin copays, allow pharmacies to provide emergency insu...

April 14, 2021 - 4:30pm By Don Wiener and Alex Kotch State legislative leaders and members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are spearheading many of the GOP's efforts at voter suppression in the states, especially those that saw close 2020 presidential results. More than 360 bills have been introduced in 47 states to restrict voting access since the beginning of the year, according to the Brennan Center for Justice, which tracks state legislation on voting and elections. The Center for Media and Democracy has determined that more than 100 Republican politicians connecte...

Michigan’s COVID-19 surge is the worst in the nation. Whitmer is focused on vaccines, not restrictions. Updated 8:34 AM; Today 8:34 AM Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer talks with Detroit Lions Team President and CEO Rod Wood as they walk off the stage after a press conference announcing a mass COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Ford Field in Detroit, on Thursday, March 18, 2021. (Mike Mulholland | MLive.com) Facebook Share Last week at an event hosted by the Michigan Chronicle, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer did a rare in-person interview. She had been doing most of them remotely due to the risk of...

Hundreds assemble in Battle Creek to protest the coup in Myanmar Elena Durnbaugh, Battle Creek Enquirer Flying flags and carrying signs written in English and Burmese, hundreds gathered at the base of the Sojourner Truth Monument in Battle Creek on Wednesday evening in support of democracy in Myanmar. The event was organized by the Burma Center, a community organization that supports Battle Creek's Burmese population.  "It's important that we get the word out, not just to people locally, but to let the people in Burma know that we're standing in solidarity with them and tha...

New bills, chilly relations define first week of 101st Michigan Legislature Updated Jan 15, 2021; Facebook Share LANSING, MI - In some ways, the first day of the 101st Michigan Legislature followed the normal script. Lawmakers approved House and Senate rules and took their oaths of office. Republican leadership outlined legislative priorities. Rinse and repeat from the 100 sessions before it. What set apart Wednesday’s start to the new session was an immediate call from the minority party for censures, unseating and overall punishment towards Republican lawmakers who challenged the 2020 pr...