Michigan Gov. Whitmer unleashed a list of progressive priorities Wednesday night — proposals that have a greater chance of becoming policy with Democrats controlling all levels of power in the state for the first time in 40 years.
, which she delivered in person for the first time since the beginning of the Covid pandemic. “We want the ability to raise a family without breaking the bank. We want strong protections for our fundamental rights to vote and control our own bodies.”
Michigan has emerged as one of the country’s premier electoral battlegrounds, with close presidential races in 2016 and 2020 and a Republican Party that has veered further right in response to former President Donald Trump’s politics. Whitmer, who was on President Joe Biden’s shortlist for vice president, iscomfortable margin
Whitmer also appealed to bipartisanship, specifically on her proposal for free universal preschool, part of a larger plan to reduce costs for Michigan families. “The governor says all the right things about working across the aisle,” Nesbitt said. “But the truth is that she set a
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