Rhonda on the Record

Over the past few years, families across Michigan have been dealing with rising electric bills and more frequent power outages after storms. People want to know a simple thing: will the lights stay on, and can they afford their energy bills? At the same time, there is a rush to approve massive new data centers tied to AI and cloud computing. Supporters say these projects mean construction jobs, tech investment, and another “innovation” headline for the state. But when you loo

International Women's Day has its roots in the early 1900s, when women workers and suffragettes organized for fair pay, safer factories, and the right to work and vote. In 1975, the United Nations recognized March 8 as International Women's Day and helped bring it to the global stage with a focus on equity, peace, and human rights. That history matters. It reminds us that this day was never meant to be purely symbolic. It grew out of people pushing for better working conditio

Right now, 10,000 nurses at Corewell Health East are fighting for their first fair contract. As a nurse who has worked at the bedside, I was proud to stand with them—not just as a candidate for state representative, but as someone who understands exactly what they are talking about. The concerns Corewell nurses are raising are the same issues healthcare workers across Michigan have been talking about for years: staffing shortages, burnout, and systems that increasingly push n