Paid family and medical leave, a 100% clean energy standard and codifying protections ensured by the Affordable Care Act are among the issues that Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is directing Democrats to tackle in the final months of the year.
The second-term governor highlighted her priorities Wednesday during a “What’s Next Address,” following the first half of 2023 that saw the party roll back decades of Republican measures while implementing its own liberal agenda.
Although Whitmer didn’t provide specifics on the policy proposals and took no questions from reporters afterward, her speech likely provides a roadmap for what’s ahead. Democrats have passed nearly every measure she called for at the beginning of the year.
