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Welcome to a preview of Party On the Peninsulas with Lavora Barnes, your weekly update on the Democrats and Democratic policies leading Michigan’s future. Each week we’ll have three primary segments:
- A quick summary of important developments in Lansing, Washington DC and across the state (along with links for more information on those stories)
 - An update from the Chair of the Party, Lavora Barnes
 - An interview with a top Democrat from Michigan and the nation
 
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This week’s links
- Governor Gretchen Whitmer State of the State 2023 – YouTube
 - Gretchen Whitmer State of the State: Tax cuts, gun reform, expand pre-K | Bridge Michigan
 - 5 takeaways from Michigan Gov. Whitmer’s State of the State speech | Detroit News
 - Gretchen Whitmer: Expand Michigan Reconnect program for community college | Bridge Michigan
 - State of the State: Whitmer urges ‘immediate’ tax relief, gun reforms | Detroit News
 - Whitmer in State of the State calls for tax cuts, gun safety | Detroit Free Press
 - GM to invest close to $1B in 4 US factories, 2 in Michigan
 - Debate over speed of tax cut looms over Whitmer’s State of the State
 - Michigan lawmakers OK tax cuts for 1M residents, $1.1B spending plan | Bridge Michigan
 - Michigan Senate votes to move up presidential primary, but GOP may thwart plan | Bridge Michigan
 - Michigan Democrats move to strike abortion ban references from state law | Bridge Michigan
 - In Michigan, Democratic women are rising. Now some are weighing a Senate run | The Washington Post
 - Inside the Early Elbowing for Michigan’s Open Senate Seat | The Daily Beast
 - Nessel to reopen investigation into fake electors scheme | Michigan Advance
 - Michigan Biden electors sue false Trump slate | Detroit News
 - Opinion | How Democrats can take advantage of GOP’s ‘weaponization’ subcommittee | The Washington Post