Dayna’s Platform
EDUCATION - Continue focus on improving early literacy, attending to students’ safety and mental health, and raising teacher pay.
LEGISLATIVE WINS: Delivered historic school funding increases; Overhauled reading instruction with passage of “Science of Reading” laws; Produced free school meals for all kids; Expanded free preschool for all 4 year-olds; Restored teachers’ bargaining rights; Reduced teachers’ out-of-pocket healthcare costs; Designated funding for student safety and mental health; Continued funding for school-based health clinics; Spearheaded class size reduction initiatives.
ECONOMY - Make “the working poor” a thing of the past so that all Michiganders can live dignified lives.
LEGISLATIVE WINS: Repealed Seniors’ Retirement Tax; Quintupled the Working Families Tax Credit; Increased unemployment checks from $362 to $614 per week by 2027 and extended duration from 20 weeks to 26 weeks; Fine-tuned Michigan’s first-ever Earned Sick Time Act, making it one of the most generous in the nation; Made $15/hr the new minimum wage by 2027; Repealed so-called “Right to Work”; Increased spending on affordable housing initiatives.
ENVIRONMENT - Continue environmental initiatives based on the assumption that clean air and water are human rights.
LEGISLATIVE WINS: Created Michigan’s first-ever Healthy Climate Plan, aiming for carbon neutrality by 2050, achieving 100% clean energy by 2040, generating 60% of electricity from renewables and closing all coal plants by 2030, and ensuring 40% of climate funding benefits disadvantaged communities.
HEALTH - Make quality healthcare widely accessible and affordable.
LEGISLATIVE WINS: Achieved Reproductive Freedom for Michigan women; Protected Medicaid from drastic cuts associated with the federal One Big Beautiful Bill; Fully funded and expanded the Healthy Michigan Plan; Codified the Affordable Care Act protections into law; Expanded Michigan’s Rx Kids Program for pregnant moms.
SAFETY - Continue to maintain and rebuild Michigan’s roads so they are safe to use and ensure that our communities are kept safe from violence.
LEGISLATIVE WINS: Budgeted for comprehensive long-term road funding; Passed a Safe Storage Law, Universal Background Check Law, and Red-Flag Law; Banned convicted domestic abusers from owning firearms for 8 years; Passed a law that will reduce police and fire fighters’ out-of-pocket health care costs; Created a fund for public safety and violence prevention initiatives to support local law enforcement and crime victim services; Expanded hate crimes laws to include protection for sexual orientation, gender identity, and disability.