Advocacy In Action

• April 30 | This Week in Government: Reopening Tied to Vaccines; Workgroup Releases Return-to-Office Recommendations

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• April 23 | This Week in Government: House, Senate Slash Whitmer Programs in LEO; No Charges Filed in Duggan Probe

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• Chamber’s Education and Talent Team Signs Letter to Gov. Whitmer with Spending Proposal for American Rescue Plan

  The Detroit Regional Chamber joined more than a dozen regional education-focused organizations in signing a letter to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer with four key proposals for allocation of American Rescue Plan funds. View or download the letter.

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• What Money Will Michigan Get in the American Rescue Plan

  The State Budget Office outlined a proposal for how the money allocated by the federal government in the American Rescue Plan Act should be spent at the state, county, and municipal level. Gov. Whitmer and State Budget Director Dave Massaron …

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• April 16 | This Week in Government: Chamber Warns Against Limiting Voting Access; Whitmer Vetoes Broadband Tax Exemption

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• Michigan Business Leaders Unite On Voting Rights

  The Chamber joined 40 business leaders of the largest companies in our state to issue the joint communication. The Chamber takes the protection of voting rights very seriously and also released a detailed statement on the 39 bills in the …

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• Detroit Regional Chamber Statement on Michigan Election Reform Legislation

  DETROIT (April 12, 2021) – The Detroit Regional Chamber has advocated for smart voting reforms, such as supporting no-excuse absentee voting and same-day voter registration, and has taken a stand in defense of the validity of the 2020 election. Of the …

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• April 9 | This Week in Government: Business Groups Urge Gov, Legislature to Create Growth With Stimulus

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• Chamber Statement on the American Jobs Plan

  In response to President Biden’s American Jobs Plan, Detroit Regional Chamber President and Chief Executive Officer Sandy K. Baruah released this statement. Michigan and the United States need significant modernization for our aging infrastructure, and the Detroit Regional Chamber supports …

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• Michigan’s Business Community to Leaders: Use Stimulus Funds to Transform our State, Create Sustainable Growth

  Associations urge strategic, deliberate investments with one-time funding to make Michigan more competitive for jobs and income April 6, 2021 LANSING, Mich. – Michigan’s leading business associations representing thousands of employers have issued a call to government leaders: use federal …

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