Doing a review on the #MiLeg budget. Grateful Double Up Food Bucks are retained

Excited to get my tickets to see @kumail.bsky.social in Ann Arbor. He was my roommate's best friend in college, it will be great to see in perform

Michigan refugees left in limbo under Trump resettlement suspension | Bridge Michigan President Donald Trump halted refugee resettlement programs. For more than 1,000 new Michigan residents and nonprofits supporting them, that means no more federal funding for housing, work and other b...

Many of these refugees are the people who risked their safety to help US forces in Afghanistan and elsewhere. To abandon them is a great betrayal. www.bridgemi.com/michigan-gov...

The prison population is going up as prisons struggle with staffing and overpopulation The prison population has been creeping back upward. New laws in some states instituting harsher punishments threaten to further fill prisons, many of which are already understaffed and overcrowded.

"The prison population has gone up around 2% since 2022, and many prisons are already overcrowded and understaffed. That combination can lead to more violence, burnt-out employees, and worse health care for prisoners" - @meganders.bsky.social

www.npr.org/transcripts/...

After a 26+ hour session to close up shop for #MILEG, I hope all the Senators and staff are safe on roads getting home.

I'm grateful sentencing commission, community violence intervention, and vital docs for returning citizens made it through.

OK, what I'm hearing from other sources is that it's only procedural things on Dec 31. No business. 😿

Can someone help me understand what's happening w/ #MILeg? Can the House do anything of substance on 12/31? Can the do concurrence votes on things like youth defense?

Thank you for your leadership and for hanging in there for long hours to get things done for Michigan!