Public Policy: Lansing Update Archives
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2012
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Lansing Update, April 27, 2012
In this issue of Lansing Update: Legislature Passes State Department Spending for 2012–13 Fiscal Year Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 30, 2012
In this issue of Lansing Update: Legislation Would Allow for Concealed Weapons in Churches; Strengthened Parental Consent Laws Move to House; 2012–13 Departmental Budgets Begin to Move Through the Legislative Process Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 16, 2012
In this issue of Lansing Update: Legislation Banning Abortion Coercion Heads to Senate; Senate Subcommittee Addresses Lack of Abortion Clinic Inspections; Failure to Report Stem Cell Research Could Mean Decreased Funds for U of M. Read more…
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Lansing Update, January 27, 2012
In this issue of Lansing Update: “Choose Life” License Plates May be Coming to Michigan; Senate Passes Resolution Honoring Catholic Schools Week. Read more…
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Lansing Update, January 20, 2012
In this issue of Lansing Update: Federal Government Will Force Religious Employers to Purchase Contraceptive Coverage; MCC Testifies in Support of Shared Time/Dual Enrollment Legislation; Catholic Conference Urges Reform of Statewide Indigent Defense System. Read more…
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2011
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Lansing Update, September 30, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: Governor Snyder Expected to Sign Partial-Birth Abortion Ban; Catholic Conference Testifies in Support of Education Reform Legislation. Read more…
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Lansing Update, July 15, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: Senate Passes Welfare Reform Legislation. Read more…
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Lansing Update, June 24, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: Partial Birth Abortion Ban Moves to Full House; House Commerce Committee Addresses E-Verify Immigration Legislation. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 27, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: Human Services Budget Wrapped up as Legislature Finalizes 2012 Spending Plan; MCC State Budget Advocacy Recap. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 13, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: Legislature Sends Governor 6% Earned Income Tax Credit; Welfare Reform Measures Move to State Senate. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 6, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: House Committee Moves 48-Month Lifetime Limit for State Assistance; House Passes Fiscal Year 2012 Budgets; Senate Judiciary Committee Passes Anti-Bullying Legislation. Read more…
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Lansing Update, April 29, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: Scaled-Back Earned Income Tax Credit Included in Tax Bill Rewrite; Universities Required to Report on Embryo Research Under High Ed Bill; Update on Human Services Budget. Read more…
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Lansing Update, April 21, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: Governor’s Tax Plan Modified to Include Partial Restoration of EITC; Senate Human Services Budget Passes Out of Appropriations Committee. Read more…
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Lansing Update, April 15, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: Michigan Bishops Urge Greater Attention to Poor and Vulnerable in State Budget Debate; Catholic Conference Calls DHS Budget Recommendations “Unacceptable”. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 25, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: MCC Urges Tax Policy Committee to Retain State EITC; Conference Supports Continued Assistance Programs in DHS Budget; Action Alert! Support For D.C. Opportunity Scholarship Program Needed. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 18, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: MCC Testifies Against Welfare Reform Legislation; MCC to Testify in Support of EITC Next Week. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 4, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: Legislation Banning Partial Birth Abortion Moves to Full Senate; Polling Indicates High Public Support for Preserving EITC. Read more…
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Lansing Update, February 11, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: Legislation to Eliminate Tax Credit for Working Poor Introduced; Advocacy Priorities Released for 2011-12 Legislative Session; Pro-Life Bills Introduced in New Legislative Session; Governor Snyder to Present Executive Budget Proposal Next Week. Read more…
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Lansing Update, January 14, 2011
In this issue of Lansing Update: As 2011–12 Legislative Session Begins, Elimination of Michigan EITC Proposed; Catholic Conference Applauds Selection of Justice Corrigan as DHS Director. Read more…
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2010
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Lansing Update, December 3, 2010
In this issue of Lansing Update: 2009–2010 Legislative Session Ends This Week; Action Alert! Support Needed for DREAM Act. Read more…
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Lansing Update, October 22, 2010
In this issue of Lansing Update: MCC Continues to Make 2010 Election Information Available. Read more…
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Lansing Update, August 20, 2010
In this issue of Lansing Update: 2009–2010, 2010–2011 State Budget Update. Read more…
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Lansing Update, July 2, 2010
In this issue of Lansing Update: Issues addressed in this week’s Lansing Update include expanded shared time services that were included in the state’s K–12 School Aid Budget, and an update on the 2010–11 State of Michigan budget difficulties. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 28, 2010
In this issue of Lansing Update: DCH Budget Off to Conference While Human Embryo Research Holds Up Higher Ed Spending. Read more…
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Lansing Update, April 30, 2010
In this issue of Lansing Update: House Judiciary Committee Takes Testimony on Statute of Limitations Bill. Read more…
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Lansing Update, April 23, 2010
In this issue of Lansing Update: Senate Passes Human Embryo Research Transparency Bills; House Judiciary Committee Schedules Statute of Limitations Hearing for Next Week. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 12, 2010
In this issue of Lansing Update: Senate Panel Restores Tuition Grant, Addresses Human Embryo Research; Community Health Budget Moves With Medicaid Cuts Read more…
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Lansing Update, February 12, 2010
In this issue of Lansing Update: Governor Details 2010–11 Budget Recommendations Amidst $1.7 Billion Deficit; “Body Parts” Bill Moves on to Full Senate Read more…
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Lansing Update, January 22, 2010
In this issue of Lansing Update: Senate Committee Moves Embryo Research Transparency Bills; Senate Republicans Eye Medicaid Cuts in Plan to Reform State Government Read more…
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2009
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Lansing Update, December 11, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Workplace Smoking Ban to Go in Effect May 2010; Church to Continue Pursuit of Health Care Reform Legislation; Catholic Conference Urges Support for Statewide Public Defender System; Education Reforms Fly as Legislature Focuses on Federal Race to the Top Funding Read more…
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Lansing Update, October 30, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: USCCB Launches Massive Grassroots Health Care Reform Effort; Michigan Budget Finalized as Governor Signs Remaining Departmental Budgets; Senate Committee Takes Testimony on Embryo Research Transparency Legislation. Read more…
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Lansing Update, October 9, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Senate Passes EITC Legislation, Efforts to Finalize 2009 State Budget Continue; MCC Statement on Appointment of Bishop-Elect Hebda to Diocese of Gaylord. Read more…
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Lansing Update, October 2, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: MCC Advocacy Priorities Protected in State Budget Stalemate; Action Alert! Phone Calls Needed to Protect Tax Credit for the Working Poor. Read more…
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Lansing Update, September 18, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Multiple Budget Scenarios Arise After House Speaker, Senate Majority Leader Strike Target Agreement. Read more…
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Lansing Update, September 11, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: $2.7 Billion Budget Deficit Remains as September 30 Deadline Looms; MCC Board of Directors Statement on State of Michigan Budget; MCC Board of Directors Says No to 2010 Constitutional Convention; Legislation Prohibiting Conscience Rights for Pharmacies Passes Committee; Follow us on Twitter @MiCatholicConf. Read more…
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Lansing Update, June 26, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Legislature Adjourns for July 4th Holiday as Budget Bills Head to Conference; Conscience Prohibition, Contraceptive Mandate Bills Introduced; Package of Bills to Reform Failing Schools Moves to Senate. Read more…
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Lansing Update, June 19, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Conference Supports Introduction of Transparency in Embryo Research Bills; Cuts All Around as Senate Moves Budget Bills. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 22, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Legislation Seeking to Expand Health Care Coverage in Michigan Introduced; Committee Likely to Vote on Juvenile Life Without Parole Bills Next Week; Campaign for Justice Holds 2nd Annual Public Defense Conference. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 15, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Budget Deficit for 2009–2010 Pegged at $1.7 Billion; Judiciary Sends Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Changes to Full House. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 8, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Safety Net Slashed as Legislature Eliminates $1.3 Billion Deficit; Conference Testifies in Support of Juvenile Life Without Parole Changes; House Education Committee Takes Up “School Turnaround Plan” Bills. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 1, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: State Budget Deficit Rockets to at Least $1.2 Billion. Read more…
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Lansing Update, April 24, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Second-Parent Adoption Bill Heads to House Floor; Proposals for $785 Million Budget Deficit Expected Next Week. Read more…
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Lansing Update, April 3, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: 2009–10 Budget Bills Begin to Move; House Committee Continues to Hear Testimony on Smoking Ban; Utility Shut-Off Protection Bills Move on to Senate. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 27, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: MCC Appointed to Michigan Low-Income Energy Assistance Task Force; Utility Shut-Off Protection Bills Move on to Full House; Higher Education Budget Advances with Tuition Grant Secure; Time Winding Down for Public Comments on HHS Conscience Rescission. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 13, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Catholic Conference Comments on Embryo Research Executive Order; House Creates Subcommittee on Indigent Defense; Catholic Conference Questions U.S. Senators’ Commitments to Education. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 6, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Conference Urges Support for D.C. Voucher Program; High School Drop-out Age Increase Headed to Senate; Support for USCCB Pro-Life Email Campaign Urged by MCC; Catholic Conference Issues Statement in Support of Safe Stem Cell Research Discovery; Schedule for Departmental Budgets Announced. Read more…
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Lansing Update, February 20, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Campaign to Improve Indigent Public Defense Launches. Read more…
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Lansing Update, February 13, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Governor’s Budget Recommendations Include $670 Million in Cuts; Wayne County Executive Seeks to Lure Embryo Destructive Research Firms; Legislation Increasing High School Drop Out Age Moves Out of Committee. Read more…
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Lansing Update, January 30, 2009
In this issue of Lansing Update: Catholic Conference Releases 2009–2010 Advocacy Priorities; Committee Assignments Announced, Legislature Begins New Session; State Senate Adopts Resolution Honoring Catholic Schools Week; Legislation of Interest. Read more…
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2008
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Lansing Update, December 12, 2008
In this issue of Lansing Update: $134 Million in Executive Order Budget Cuts Approved; Conference Committee on Smoking Ban to Meet; Measure’s Future Uncertain. Read more…
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Lansing Update, December 5, 2008
In this issue of Lansing Update: Lame Duck Session Awaits Executive Order Cuts; House Passes Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentencing Reforms; Smoking Ban Legislation Sent to Conference Committee. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 30, 2008
In this issue of Lansing Update: Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Clears Legislature; Protect Poor and Vulnerable in Energy Debate, Conference Urges Senate; Emergency Contraceptive Bill Headed to Senate. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 16, 2008
In this issue of Lansing Update: House Committee Passes Troublesome Hospital Mandates. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 9, 2008
In this issue of Lansing Update: Smokefree Michigan on the Horizon. Read more…
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Lansing Update, February 8, 2008
In this issue of Lansing Update: Petition Forms Approved for Embryo Destructive Research Ballot Drive; Governor Releases Budget Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2009; Action Urged for Partial-Birth Abortion Ban; House, Senate Pass Differing Versions of Driver’s License Fix; Prisoner I.D. Bills Move to House Floor. Read more…
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Lansing Update, January 25, 2008
In this issue of Lansing Update: Embryo Destructive Research Proponents Discuss Ballot Drive; Catholic Conference Advocacy Ensures Protection of State EITC; House Committee May Act Soon on Partial-Birth Abortion Ban; MCC Testifies in Support of Juvenile Parole Reform Bills. Read more…
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2007
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Lansing Update, December 7, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: Lansing Update Readers Encouraged to Advocate Against Embryo Destruction; House Passes Landmark Smoking Ban Bill; House Panel Hears Testimony on Adoption Bill; Prisoner Parole Guideline Changes Pass House Committee; Problematic Energy Regulation Bill Introduced. Read more…
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Lansing Update, November 2, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: Finishing Touches Placed on 2007 Budget; House Committee to Address Embryonic Stem Cell Research Next Week. Read more…
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Lansing Update, October 12, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: Embryonic Stem Cell Research Ballot Committee Formed; Recall Efforts Announced Against Ten Legislators; Promise Grant Legislation Seeks to Assist Non-Public Schools. Read more…
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Lansing Update, October 5, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: Conference Launches Massive Statewide Stem Cell Education Program; Tax Increases, Reforms End Four Hour Government Shutdown. Read more…
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Lansing Update, June 15, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: State Finalizes Tobacco Securitization Plan; House Committee Hears Testimony on Workplace Smoking Ban; Agreement Announced on New Business Tax. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 25, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: $1.6B Budget Deficit Looms as Legislature Passes ‘07 Agreement. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 30, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: Budget Deficit Worsening, State Could Be $1.1 Billion in Red By May; Speaker Dillon Releases Budget Fix Proposal; House Panel Addresses Prisoner Identification Problem; House Appropriations Committee OKs Executive Order. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 23, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: Budget Anxiety Heightened Following New Cuts, Executive Order. Read more…
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Lansing Update, February 16, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: Budget in Stalemate as GOP Rejects Executive Order; Legislation Introduced to Allow Second Parent Adoptions; Next Week’s Committee Hearings of Interest. Read more…
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Lansing Update, February 9, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: MCC Questions Governor’s Support for Human Cloning; Tax Increases, Budget Cuts Recommended to Solve Economic Woes. Read more…
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Lansing Update, January 26, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: House Committee Assignments Finalized; Senate Committee Listing; Senate Panel Receives Update on State Health Care Plan. Read more…
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Lansing Update, January 12, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: School Safety Bill Signed Into Law; MCC President Named to State Emergency Financial Advisory Panel; House Democrats Roll Out Restructured Committees; State of State Address Set for February 6. Read more…
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Lansing Update, January 5, 2007
In this issue of Lansing Update: Legislation Creating a Statewide Cord Blood Bank Enacted; Farmland Preservation Bill Vetoed; 94th Legislature Set to Begin Next Week. Read more…
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2006
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Lansing Update, December 15, 2006
In this issue of Lansing Update: Governor to Sign Welfare Reform Legislation; State to Award New Michigan Promise Scholarship; MCC to Seek Support for ‘Net Neutrality’; New Report Troubling for Michigan Children; Jack Kevorkian to be Paroled from Prison. Read more…
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Lansing Update, December 1, 2006
In this issue of Lansing Update: Bills Promoting Adult Stem Cells Moving Through Legislature; Legislature Again Seeking Limits on State Assistance Programs; 2007-2008 Legislative Leaders Elected. Read more…
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Lansing Update, June 23, 2006
In this issue of Lansing Update: MCC Calls for Religious Freedom in Child-Placement Services; ‘The Issues, The Candidates and Your Vote 2006’ Headed to Parishes; Conference Seeks Support for Foster Care Families. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 19, 2006
In this issue of Lansing Update: Strict Welfare Reform Measures Headed to Senate. Read more…
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Lansing Update, April 7, 2006
In this issue of Lansing Update: One United Michigan Campaign Kicks-Off. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 24, 2006
In this issue of Lansing Update: Michigan Catholic Conference Urges Support for Adult Stem Cell Research; Conscience Clause Bills Pass House Insurance Committee. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 6, 2006
In this issue of Lansing Update: Federal Government Approves Contraception Waiver; High School Curriculum Mandate Headed to Senate; Senate Committee Confirms New Children’s Ombudsman. Read more…
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Lansing Update, February 9, 2006
In this issue of Lansing Update: Bishop Sample Joins Michigan Catholic Conference Board of Directors; Michigan Catholic Conference Testifies Against Contraceptive Mandates; Stem Cell Issue Comes to Forefront in Michigan; House Education Committee Addresses Mandated High School Curriculum; Governor Releases 2006-07 Executive Budget Recommendations. Read more…
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2005
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Lansing Update, December 9, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: House and Senate Pass Welfare Reform Legislation; Board of State Canvassers Approve Three Ballot Initiative Forms for 2006; Ultasound Bill Passes Senate, Heads Back to House for Concurrance. Read more…
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Lansing Update, December 2, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: Welfare Reform Passes House and Senate, Dangerous Limitations Included; Teacher Loan Forgiveness Bill Passes House; Bills Requiring Background Checks for Long-Term Care Employees Heads to Full House. Read more…
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Lansing Update, November 11, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: Bishop Sample Joins Michigan Catholic Conference Board of Directors; Michigan Catholic Conference Testifies Against Contraceptive Mandates; Stem Cell Issue Comes to Forefront in Michigan; House Education Committee Addresses Mandated High School Curriculum; Governor Releases 2006-07 Executive Budget Recommendations. Read more…
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Lansing Update, November 4, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: Agreement Reached on Business Tax Cuts, Investment to Spur Economy; Department of Human Services Releases Welfare Reform Suggestions; Schools to Receive Assistance for Students Displaced by Katrina; Attorney General Rules in Favor of Mexican Drivers. Read more…
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Lansing Update, September 30, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: 2005-06 State Budget Finalized. Read more…
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Lansing Update, September 23, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: Action Alert: Urge U.S. Senators to Support Educational Equality; Michigan’s Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional; Fiscal Year 2005-06 State Budget Update. Read more…
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Lansing Update, July 1, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: Securitization Includes Protection of Merit Scholarship Funds; Legislation Regulating Payday Lenders Passes House; Senate Passes School Security Bills. Read more…
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Lansing Update, June 24, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: MCC Calls For Preferential Treatment of State’a Poor and Vulnerable; Support Urged for Federal Fair Housing Proposal; Bishop Walter Hurley Named Bishop of Grand Rapids Diocese; Attorney General Rules Merit Board Cannot Require Service; House Allocates Additional Dollars to Lower-Funded Schools; Legislature Moving ‘Pupil Protection’ Measures. Read more…
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Lansing Update, June 10, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: House Passes Omnibus Bill Targeting Medicaid, Welfare; Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bills Introduced in Lansing; “Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005” Update; Michigan Catholic Conference to Assist USCCB in Immigration Campaign. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 13, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: Ultrasound Bill Ready for Full House Vote; Senate Outlaws Sale of Violent Video Games to Children; .xxx Domain Names Sought for Adult-Only Web Sites; State Superintendent Search Narrowed to Three Finalists; Federal Stem Cell Bill Introduced, With Michigan Support. Read more…
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Lansing Update, May 6, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: Committee Passes Legislation Offering Ultrasound Image Prior to Abortion; Bills Creating a State Earned Income Tax Credit Introduced. Read more…
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Lansing Update, April 29, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: Legislative Day Attracts Some 300 Catholics From Across the State; Equality in Education Among Key Issues Raised at Legislative Day; Governor Unveils Plan to Restructure Merit Award Scholarships; Committee Hearings of Interest. Read more…
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Lansing Update, March 4, 2005
In this issue of Lansing Update: Michigan Catholic Conference Announces Advocacy Priorities; Bishop Robert J. Carlson Welcomed as New Bishop of Saginaw Diocese; Statewide Stem Cell Education Effort Announced; Lawmakers, Governor Attempting to Repair State’s Economy; Michigan Catholic Conference Draws Concerns From State Budget Proposals; Office of Children’s Ombudsman Recommends Adoption to Unmarried Couples. Read more…
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