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Lansing Update / Posted February 4, 2022
Catholic Education Takes on Renewed Importance Amid Pandemic Uncertainties; Take Action to Oppose Predatory Payday Lending Bill in Next Week's Hearing; MCC Supports No Taxes on Diapers for Children, Adults; Gov to Make Budget Presentation, Kicking Off Process for Next Year's Spending Plan; In Other News This Week.
Posted February 1, 2022
Lansing Update / Posted January 28, 2022
Court Settlement Protects Faith-Based Providers’ Conscience Rights in Adoption, Foster Care; MCC Reiterates Call to Promote Dignity &Amp; Work After Governor Urges Increase to Earned Income Tax Credit; Michigan Catholic Students Featured as Part of School Choice Week Celebration.
Lansing Update / Posted January 21, 2022
March For Life Today In D.C., Michigan March Held At Capitol Wednesday; Action Urged to Remind U.S. Senate to Reject Radical Abortion Bill; Saturday is a Day of Prayer for Legal Protection of Unborn Children.
Lansing Update / Posted January 14, 2022
MCC Denounces Possible Abortion Petition Drive; Pledges to Promote Culture of Life; January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month; State Legislature Back in Session Through Spring Break; State of the State to be Delivered Virtually.
Lansing Update / Posted December 23, 2021
MCC Weighs In On Religious Liberty Concerns In State Supreme Court Case; New Bishop Appointed By Pope Francis For Diocese Of Gaylord; Governor Signs Into Law Measure Promoting Organ Donation For HIV-Positive People; MCC Holiday Schedule & Merry Christmas.
Lansing Update / Posted December 17, 2021
Funding for Afghan Refugees, Low Income Renters, COVID School Testing Included in Spending Bill; U.S. Bishops Criticize Ending In-Person Dispensation Requirement for Abortion Pills; No Legislative Session Until Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.
Lansing Update / Posted December 10, 2021
Major Lift for Working Low-Income Families Supported by MCC; Bills Cracking Down on Unnecessary Incarceration Clear Senate Committee; Feast of Immaculate Conception Marks Opportunity to Pray for Country.
Lansing Update / Posted December 3, 2021
U.S. Supreme Court Hears Case That Could Overturn Roe v. Wade; MCC Backs Bill Banning Research on Tissue Taken From Abortions; Water Filters in School Requirement, Funding Both Advance in Senate; U.S. Bishops: Faith-Based Providers Excluded From Expansion to Childcare, Pre-K Programs; Bill Allowing Organ Donations Between HIV-Positive Individuals Heads to Governor.
Lansing Update / Posted November 12, 2021
Take Action Now to Oppose Abortion Funding in Federal Government Spending; Governor Vetoes Student Opportunity Scholarship Bills; House Adoption and Foster Care Bipartisan Taskforce Release Report; MCC Supports Productivity Credits for Incarcerated Individuals; House Passes Legislation to Ensure Accuracy of Background Checks; Bipartisan Sexual Abuse Prevention Package Passes House; Nation Observes Veterans Day; Legislature on Break until November 30.