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…Top of the Ticket Conversations with Michigan’s candidates for governor. a year to fix their cars. Meanwhile, the roads get worse because we’re not rebuilding them the right way. We can keep fixing our cars or we can get serious about a real infrastructure plan. And that’s what I put on the table, a real plan to fix problems. Q: Do you support privatization of mental health care? GW: I’m skeptical of privatization. We’ve seen that experiment...…
…jews in the d continued from page 13 continued from page 13 scription drugs by negotiating with phar- maceutical companies and eliminating the law that prohibits Michigan citizens from suing pharmaceutical companies when they are hurt by a drug. Michigan is the only state that has such a law. Q: What about the opioid epidemic? GW: Michigan’s far behind what other states are doing. The National Governors Association has promulgated a boiler ...…
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…in jews the d elections U.S. Senate Candidates DEMOCRAT During the campaign season, incumbent Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow and her opponent, Republican businessman John James, came into the Jewish News’ Southfi eld offi ce to Debbie Stabenow answer questions Q: Historically, support for Israel has bipartisan, but now the issue about their policies been seems to have been politicized. How and priorities. Here are can we address t...…
…Jewish Contributions to Humanity #41 #50 in in a series agreements and trade enforcement, especially with China, who steals our intellectual property rights and creates counterfeit auto parts, for example. I would push any admin- istration to be tough on China. The problem with tariffs is not having carefully thought through a strategy. I’m hopeful there’s a strategy, but, as of today, we’ve not seen it. I would like the administration to be...…
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…jews in the d continued from page 24 sonal bias against Israel that is their choice; but if that bias will regularly seep into their professorial duties, the university needs to give full disclo- sure right in the course catalog. That way, a student wishing to study in Israel will think twice before taking their class or approaching them for a letter of recommendation, she added. “Getting a letter of recommenda- tion from a professor in a un...…
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