Melissa Perron
What this job does: Your district's vote in the Michigan House of Representatives. Members write and vote on state laws and the state budget. A term is two years, with a limit of 12 years total in the Legislature.
- Occupation
- Worked in the service industry and in classrooms, including at a public Montessori school
Background
- Raised in the Upper Peninsula; raising five children in northern Michigan; Sault Tribe member. source: 9and10news.com
- Graduated from Rudyard, earned an associate degree in business from Bay Mills, and recently received a bachelor's degree. source: 9and10news.com
In their own words
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- Addressing Michigan Department of Corrections officer staffing source: 9and10news.com
- Smaller classroom ratios, consistent classroom supplies, and less emphasis on state testing source: 9and10news.com
- Preserving affordable starter homes and recruiting doctors to the U.P. source: 9and10news.com
- Expanding youth mental health beds and telehealth access source: 9and10news.com
- One-year moratorium on AI and data center development, with protections for natural resources and fresh water source: 9and10news.com
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