Sen. Stabenow continues leadership on Farm Bill, food access
On April 29, I had the opportunity to attend the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry’s field hearing in East Lansing on the 2023 reauthorization of the Farm […]
Here’s what lawmakers have done—and must keep doing—to help people amid the coronavirus pandemic
This column originally appeared in Michigan Advance on March 12, 2021. On March 13, 2020, I wrote a column for the Michigan Advance outlining some public policy solutions to reduce […]
It’s been a winning week for criminal justice reform
Note: This column originally appeared in Michigan Advance Last fall, I wrote a column about the mixed emotions of being a Detroit Lions fan and a criminal justice reform advocate. […]
Fighting for Michigan veterans in the 2018 Farm Bill
Twelve years ago, my then-fiancé was given three weeks’ notice that he was being deployed to Iraq with the Michigan National Guard. We had a quick courthouse wedding followed by […]
U.S. House and Senate budgets make billions in cuts for Michigan residents to pay for tax cuts for the ultra-wealthy
For Immediate Release October 05, 2017 Contact: Alex Rossman arossman@mlpp.org 517.487.5436 Budgets threaten food assistance, Medicaid, disability programs, education, job training and more [...]
U.S. House budget strips trillions from everyday Americans while giving huge tax cuts to the wealthy
For Immediate Release July 19, 2017 Contact: Alex Rossman arossman@mlpp.org 517.487.5436 Michigan’s congressional delegation should reject the House budget and instead work toward a bipartisan [...]
Block Granting Food Assistance: An Unnecessary Change That Would Hurt Michigan Families
April 2017 Peter Ruark, Senior Policy Analyst The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), formerly called Food Stamps, is an important federal program that helps families and [...]