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Don't Quit On The Middle Class
In his State of the Union speech, President Obama issued a powerful challenge to the nation's lawmakers, to the conservatives trying to obstruct progress, and to people like us. His message was clear:...(more)
"Bite-Sized" Jobs?
Already the right-wing flank of Michigan's cong...(more)
Fair & Balanced
"I would love Michig...(more)
Stop the Bleeding!
For years, Michigan's perpetual budget deficit has been closed the wrong way – with cuts. In the last decade alone we've cut over billion in funding for police and fire protection, forced .7 bill...(more)
Beyond Coal: DEQ Decision Will Raise Rates
The Department of Environmental Quality's decision to permit the Bay City coal plant is bad news for Michigan. It means decades of dirty coal-fired power plants, 30% rate hikes for working families, m...(more)
Beyond Coal - HB5220
We can stop this tremendous backwards step together if you act now. Tell your state Representative to oppose the Senate Substitute for House Bill 5220. Other states have rejected more than...(more)
Stop Poisoning Americans With Coal Ash!
Coal ash is a concentrated toxic byproduct of burni...(more)
Wanna hear something scary?
Consumers Energy CEO David Joos is proceeding...(more)
Diesel Pollution is Bad for Michigan!
Diesel exhaust is a silent killer, contributing to an estimated 484 premature deaths in Michigan each year - not to mention 667 non-fatal heart attacks, 10,500 asthma attacks, and 61,000 lost work day...(more)
Clean Energy Jobs & American Power Act
The U.S. Senate took a major step toward creating clean energy jobs and jump starting Michigan’s economy with new federal clean energy legislation that can help turn things around for our state. C...(more)
Help End the Budget Hostage Crisis!
A handful of Senators in the Michigan State Senate are holding Michigan's future hostage. Senators Roger Kahn, Wayne Kuipers, Bruce Patterson, Valde Garcia, and Randy Richardville refuse to act on...(more)
Green Energy Jobs
Jobs for Michigan families is what we need and I have some really good news to share. Your commitment to making sure Senators Levin and Stabenow know Michigan wants clean energy jobs is already pay...(more)
Riders on the Storm
What's scarier than Dr. Frankenstein's monster? What Michigan will look like if Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop and his Four Horsemen of the budget apocalypse, -- Randy "Back In The Saddle" Rich...(more)
Exporting our Economy
Every day our Senators stall on passing the clean energy jobs legislation before them is another day Michigan, and America, loses out on the chance to inject our economy with hundreds of thousands of...(more)
Extortion
You are required by law to buy auto insurance. What’s required of your insurance company? Nothing. Insurance companies can raise rates without explanation and use subjective factors such as educat...(more)
ReEnergize Michigan!
Let your state representative know you want to ReEnergize Michigan!
Clean Michigan Energy, Good Michigan Jobs
Investing in clean energy is essent...(more)
"Lead, follow, or get out of the way."
Thomas Paine set this country on a path of innovation and leadership hundreds of years ago when he challenged Americans to "lead, follow, or get out of the way." It's time for Michigan to lead. Th...(more)
ReEnergize Michigan!
Sometimes less is more. In this case, more is more – more clean, renewable energy produced in Michigan, to be specific. More power from wind and solar, more energy saved with efficiency measures, more...(more)
Michigan’s “say no” Senate is gambling with your health.
This time, the Senate is refusing to take action on legislation that will help protect lives by banning smoking in all businesses, including casinos. Their delays are putting lives at risk. A recen...(more)
Tell Sen. Bishop: Stop Stalling and Help Michigan's Unemployed Workers!
Allow a vote to extend help Michigan's unemployed!
We don't have to hear the news to know that times are tough in Michigan. Our state is leading the nation in unemployment and more than a...(more)
Health Care for All Americans
Real health care reform means giving every American access to quality, affordable health care. The only way to make sure that happens is through a strong public option on the health insurance excha...(more)
Call for Congress to Show Their Hand
It's high time that our Michigan Senators and Representatives showed their cards, and Michigan Health Care for America Now partners are leading the charge to make sure that happens. The insurance indu...(more)
Health Care Reform Now
Of all the unreasonable arguments and outrageous claims...(more)
Did you know Michigan is one of only 13 states that still doesn't protect its workers from secondhand smoke?
That's right. Workers in Michigan are coughing their way through each shift because our...(more)
Health care reform is about giving all Americans access to affordable, quality health care. The bill that passed the House does just that – unless you’re a woman.
Michigan Congressman Bart Stupak’...(more)
The Stupak amendment is headed for the Senate right now, and we need your immediate action to stop it.
Senators Orrin Hatch and Ben Nelson are planning to introduce an amendment to the Senat...(more)
This afternoon, Senate Majority Leader Mike Bishop presented his prescription for "reforming" Michigan. But what Bishop and his "Say NO!" Senate compatriots are really offering is more of the same:...(more)
Reports of health care's demise are greatly exaggerated. The Massachusetts electorate voted for a candidate. They did not vote to derail health reform for the millions of Americans who stand to finall...(more)
Last week we told you about an attempt to restrict choice in your own backyards.
In just a few days, your neighbors generated 1142 emails to Kalamazoo County Commissioners telling them to put fami...(more)
Michigan's hard-working families are hurting, and we've been hurting for years. When the economic crisis hit, it us first and it hit us hardest.
But in November 2008, we voted to change that.
We...(more)
In just a few short weeks, world leaders will gather in Copenhagen, Denmark, for the United Nations Climate Change Conference. Yet, despite massive pressure from the international community to take de...(more)
Michigan's hard-working families are hurting, and we've been hurting for years. When the economic crisis hit, it us first and it hit us hardest.
But in November 2008, we voted to change that.
We...(more)
You did it! Because of your commitment to protecting Michigan's workers from the dangerous effects of secondhand smoke, smokefree workplace legislation is on its way to the desk of Gov. Jennifer Granh...(more)
While our lawmakers wait to act on a comprehensive workplace smoking ban, Michigan’s workers, children and the public's health suffer. According to the American Cancer Society, in the time since the L...(more)
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Speak out!
Make your voice heard to your state legislators!
Protect a Woman's Right to Choose
You can tell it’s an election year in Michigan. Our state legislators, including House Speaker Andy Dillon, are cowering to anti-choice forc...(more)
Your action today urging your state Representative to oppose the .2 billion in Senate budget cuts can make a difference for Michigan’s future. Police, fire protection, immunization programs, lo...(more)
It's only fair that when our Senators and Representatives slash education funding or ask Michiganders to sacrifice again and again in the name of turning Michigan around, they do the same.
Now Sen...(more)
Stop Rolling the Dice on our Health
Health Care for ALL Americans!
URGENT: The Stupak Amendment
Stem Cell 2010
When the people of Michigan voted overwhelmingl...(more)
Hey, Mike: You First
Health Care: Get It Done Now!
Prevention First
Michigan's women and families hav...(more)
Don't Ask, Don't Tell: Don't Discriminate
A record-setting snow storm may have stalled the hearings...(more)
Assault on Choice
Deliver on Jobs for Michigan!
It's Broken: Fix It
Millions of Americans are teeteri...(more)
Clean Energy Works - Copenhagen
HCAN - Tell your Newspaper!
Take A Deep Breath
Under Pressure
Daily Newspapers
Clean Energy
Write to your State Legislators
Tell Speaker Dillon at the House: Stop pandering to Anti-Choice Forces and Stand Up for Women
Deal Breaker
Team Michigan
