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'Taking Back Our Power' Coalition Unveiling Game-Changing Legislation To Curb Corporate Influence In Michigan Politics

The Taking Back Our Power coalition will host a press conference at the Michigan State Capitol on Wednesday to announce the imminent introduction of groundbreaking legislation in both legislative chambers that would ban companies seeking government contracts from making political contributions. Additionally, the coalition will unveil new Senate legislation to prohibit utility companies from engaging in political spending.

Michigan Budget Passes Legislature with Flint Supplemental

Earlier this month in a legislative session that went until the early hours of the morning, both chambers of the Michigan Legislature passed the budget for 2017. Included in the budget omnibus bill is $114.3 million in emergency supplemental funding for solutions to the Flint water crisis. As late as the week before, it looked like there was a good possibility that the Legislature would adjourn for summer recess without passing funding for Flint. The State Senate passed $128 million in emergency funding for Flint with a 34-3 vote in early May. For weeks, the Senate bill languished in the House

Michigan Currents - Spring | Summer 2016

Inside this issue A New Direction for Flint A Ticking Time Bomb Grand River Cleanup Water in Motion - a Celebration Budget Cuts Download the PDF A New Direction for Flint Over the past several months, Clean Water Action staff and volunteers have been working with Flint Rising, a local coalition, and others to help find solutions to address the impacts of the Flint Water Crisis. Clean Water’s field canvass has collected over 5,000 hand-written letters from voters across the state that were personally delivered to all 110 State House members. Additionally, Clean Water members and staff have
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