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Politics & Government
3:22 pm
Mon April 29, 2013

Is it time to expand workplace safety regulations in Michigan?

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In Lansing, dozens of people attended a reading of names of people who died on the job in Michigan last year
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State AFL-CIO president Karla Swift
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Union leaders are applauding a promise by state Democratic lawmakers to reinstate workplace safety regulations in Michigan.

The names of dozens of Michigan workers who died on the job were read aloud during a ceremony in Lansing. There are about 120 deaths in the workplace every year in Michigan.

Karla Swift is the president of the state AFL-CIO. She says Michigan workers need good safety regulations in place to protect them on the job "so that they come home after a day’s work in the same condition that they left in." 

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Politics & Government
8:26 pm
Mon April 15, 2013

Democrats call for repealing some state taxes

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House Democratic Leader Tim Greimel
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State House Democrats spent “tax day” pushing a plan to repeal several state tax policies.
 

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Politics & Government
5:16 pm
Mon April 15, 2013

Pro Right-to-Work group now targeting Governor's road plan

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The conservative group that pushed for Michigan to become a Right-to-Work state wants Governor Snyder to drop his call for higher taxes to pay for repairing Michigan’s roads.

The governor wants the Legislature to approve higher gasoline taxes and vehicle registration fees to raise more than a billion dollars to fix Michigan’s crumbling roads.

Scott Hagerstrom is the state director of Americans for Prosperity. He says Michigan shouldn’t be raising taxes.

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