The WØRD – “Action!!”
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The Legislature session is off to a fast start with Democrats taking immediate action on several of Governor Whitmer’s top priorities: job creation, tax cuts for working families, and moving Michigan to the head of the line in the presidential primary calendar.
Chairperson Lavora Barnes reports this week from Philadelphia just minutes after the wrap-up of the Democratic National Committee’s winter meeting.
Links for More Information on this week’s political news
- Democrats, out of power for decades, passing bills in record time in Lansing | Bridge Michigan
- Whitmer, Dems want ‘inflation relief’ checks for all taxpayers – Detroit Free Press
- From Twitter: Record speed as the Legislature starts the 2023-24 session
- Good-bye Iowa! Democrats approve Biden’s revamped primary calendar – Reuters
- Democrats Overhaul Party’s Primary Calendar, Upending a Political Tradition – The New York Times
- Michigan’s move to early primary state brings potential economic boon – Detroit News
- Michigan Democrats seek to codify LGBTQ civil-rights protections | Bridge Michigan
- Trump vows to use DOJ and Congress to make being transgender illegal while promoting the ‘nuclear family’ – Raw Story
- Employers added 517,000 jobs in January, surprisingly strong growth in the labor market – The Washington Post
- Michigan GOP in turmoil as leaders navigate tricky Trump terrain – NBC News
- RNC urges Republicans to double down on anti-abortion laws. – Slate
- State officials indicate a criminal investigation is underway into Sen. Bumstead ⋆ Michigan Advance
- Feds investigate ex-House Speaker Johnson for bribery in pot licensing
- ‘Dark money’ nonprofit at center of yet another Lansing scandal – Detroit Free Press
- Democrats want House investigation into Rep. Daire Rendon’s role in voting machine probe – MLive.com
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: