Our roundup of proposals to address labor rights, education, LGBTQ+ rights, the environment, gun safety, abortion rights, health care, infrastructure and more

It has been decades since Michigan Democrats have been able to fully enact their legislative priorities. That could change next month as the 102nd Legislature comes to order.

Following Democrats’ historic victories on Nov. 8 — which included winning both the House and Senate and a sweep of statewide offices — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and incoming leaders are now considering a laundry list of legislative actions, from labor rights and environmental protections to civil rights and abortion care, that could finally become law without GOP obstruction.

For years, Democrats have introduced thousands of progressive bills that had little chance of passage, as Republicans have controlled the House since 2011 and the Senate since 1984. But many of these bills are likely to be reintroduced next session.

Here are the issues the Advance is watching and legislation that may be passed in a Democratic-controlled Legislature: 

https://michiganadvance.com/2022/12/05/with-new-democratic-leadership-next-year-what-long-inert-legislation-will-now-pass/