“These are unprecedented times we are facing and we needed a real plan to keep Michigan moving forward in a safe and sensible fashion,” Crawford said. “The Legislature has spent months hearing from concerned residents and we’ve received those concerns and developed a better course of action that will protect people and their families.”

The House Families, Children and Seniors Committee today unanimously approved state Rep. Kathy Crawford’s plan promoting language equality and acquisition for children who are deaf and hard of hearing in Michigan.

State Rep. Kathy Crawford, of Novi, today said the recommendations outlined in the state’s nursing home task force’s report illustrate the need for big changes to the governor’s dangerous COVID-19 nursing home policies.

State Rep. Kathy Crawford, chair of the House Families, Children and Seniors Committee, issued the following statement after the governor vetoed the Legislature’s plan to improve COVID safety measures for Michigan’s nursing home residents:   “The governor has shown time and time again that she cares more about her own optics than she does about […]

After nearly 50 years of being forced to purchase what became the most expensive car insurance in the nation, Michigan drivers will finally be delivered the long-overdue rate relief they deserve after the state’s new no-fault law takes effect July 1, Rep. Kathy Crawford announced today. Crawford, of Novi, helped approve a major overhaul to […]

$1.3 billion plan implements robust distance learning, safety measures State Rep. Kathy Crawford, of Novi, today supported a bicameral legislative package helping ensure the safety of all Michigan students as learning resumes in the fall. The House-Senate plan, announced this morning during a Capitol press conference, requires local school districts and health departments to work […]

State Rep. Kathy Crawford, of Novi, today stood up on behalf of the many vulnerable people in Michigan nursing homes whose lives have been put in danger because of a reckless COVID-19 policy put in place by the governor. Crawford, who chairs the House Families, Children and Seniors Committee, helped sponsor a resolution approved by […]

Medical lab facility, health care organizations, constituents detail flaws A group of House Republican legislators and local residents today detailed the failures of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s controversial policy that has forced contagious COVID-19-positive patients into Michigan nursing homes and demanded immediate changes. The coalition called for the Whitmer administration to release information about the decision […]

COVID-19 select committee hears testimony from job providers across state           Small business owners from across Michigan trying to make ends meet offered testimony today before the Joint Select Committee on the COVID-19 Pandemic, outlining the hardships that were created and continue to exist because of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s executive orders and directives.             In […]

State Rep. Kathy Crawford, of Novi, today said Gov. Gretchen Whitmer should not extend one of her directives that has forced nursing homes below 80-percent capacity to admit patients infected with COVID-19, jeopardizing the health of residents and caregivers at these facilities. Concerns over the governor’s COVID-19 protocols for Michigan’s nursing homes have grown in […]

State receives $25 million from CARES Act Michigan has recently been awarded federal aid to help bolster state efforts in supporting residents aged 60 and over throughout the COVID-19 outbreak, state Rep. Kathy Crawford, of Novi, announced today. The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services last week received nearly $25.3 million in grant funding […]

State Rep. Kathy Crawford, of Novi, today announced the governor has listened to key Republican proposals and is lifting her restrictions on the sale of many goods and services, outdoor activities, boating, and traveling freely between residences and properties. In the governor’s new “Stay Home” order announced today, residents will now be able to purchase […]