LANSING, MI – State Rep. Pauline Wendzel and Kristin Wier, the Clinical Director of the Logan Center in Benton Harbor, testified this morning on behalf of legislation that would help ensure children with autism continue to receive vital services without interruption. “This redundant procedure hurts children waiting to receive care because they compete with everyone […]

State Rep. Pauline Wendzel blasted Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s veto of legislation that would have expanded access to rural broadband. Rep. Wendzel, a co-sponsor of House Bill 4210, says that the legislation would have lowered costs for service providers by exempting them from personal property taxes on broadband equipment under certain conditions.  The legislation would have […]

Over the last two weeks, my team and I have knocked on hundreds of doors throughout our community, talking to our friends and neighbors – the people I have the honor of serving.  As I’ve spoken with them about the issues that matter most to them, one of the most topical conversations that have come […]

Rep. Pauline Wendzel today led the introduction of a plan that would reimburse job providers and individuals for business license fees who were shut down during the COVID-19 pandemic. The measures would allow a wide variety of occupations to seek prorated fee reimbursements if a business was closed because of a state mandate and suffered […]

By: State Rep. Pauline Wendzel Now that legislation is introduced and moving, work in our committees has begun to ramp up to pre-covid levels. As your state representative, I wanted to provide a mile-high overview of what I’m doing on your behalf in Lansing. My first bill of the new term was in partnership with […]

Fresh off Governor Whitmer’s veto of desperately needed emergency COVID funds, State Rep. Pauline Wendzel and her colleagues voted to override Governor Whitmer’s veto.  Despite supporting the funding with overwhelming bipartisan support in an initial vote, House Democrats flip their votes, failing to support hardworking Michiganders and caused the override to fail. “This isn’t the […]

Rep. Pauline Wendzel today voted in favor of a comprehensive plan to protect public health and help Michigan bounce back from the COVID-19 pandemic. The plan receiving legislative approval helps struggling families and job providers, gets students back in classrooms, and protects people from the virus with more resources for vaccination and testing. “Through no […]

By: State Rep. Pauline Wendzel One of my most important duties as your voice in our state capitol is to ensure that your government is efficient, effective, and most importantly, accountable to the people it serves. In my first term serving our community, I was proud to co-sponsor legislation that would finally open the Legislature […]

State Rep. Pauline Wendzel’s election security legislation advanced out of the House Elections and Ethics Committee with a unanimous 7-0 vote.  The legislation is a reintroduction from last term that will make it a felony for an individual to knowingly submit an absentee voter application using another person’s name or personal identification information.  Under the […]

By: State Rep. Pauline Wendzel As we near the scheduled end of the latest “temporary pause,” our state is now distributing a safe and effective vaccine, and our COVID numbers have drastically fallen. As we take steps toward returning to normalcy, Governor Whitmer needs to immediately lift restrictions on our struggling restaurants and allow them […]