State Senator Jeff Irwin

Who thinks that members of Congress and especially the President should use their influence and information to trade stocks?

Here is the latest on Trump's transactions: https://www.cbsnews.com/projects/2026/trump-stock-trades/

Of course, running a crypto exchange and meme coin takes it to another level of corruption; but, since Republicans talked so much about Pelosi's trades- can we at least shut down this vector of corruption?

Explore Trump's 3,600 stock trades from the first 3 months of 2026 View the companies and sectors the president's investment accounts bought and sold.

Inflation is up and is outpacing wages.

Attacking Iran has been a massive blunder for America and Americans. It has made us less safe and less prosperous while enriching those who own the oil and defense contractors, including the Trump family.

Inflation hit 4.2% in May, the highest rate in three years. Meanwhile, wages grew by just 3.4%. The paychecks of most American workers aren’t covering rising costs. They’re getting poorer.

It gets worse.

Gas prices alone have risen a whopping 40.5% (!) since last year, largely due to Trump's war on Iran. Grocery prices have spiked 2.7% on the year and analysts expect them to go higher as shipping costs rise due to fuel price spikes (again, due to the Iran War).

Remember that this is all happening because of the unilateral decision making of one man — who promised repeatedly that he would lower prices "on day one."

This week, we passed my legislation out of commitee to build and rehabilitate more affordable housing by creating a state-based Low-income Housing Tax Credit.

This program would run parallel to the federal LIHTC program.

There are many, many actions we should be taking to tackle the housing crisis. This is one of the tools we need to increase housing supply and it is one idea that we can find bipartisan agreement on. In other words, this is one of the few ideas at the intersection of "important" and "possible" in the Michigan legislature, so I am excited to see it take this step.

"Some retailers are already having to take action on their own, and some of them are rounding to the nearest 5 cents," Irwin told The Detroit News. "Some of them are rounding up and some down."

What are we to do in a world without pennies when our cash transaction doesn't land on a number where retailers have the necessary currency to give proper change?

I propose that we round down to the nearest 5 cents. This is better for consumers and research has shown that, because of current pricing patterns, consumers will generally lose out if we round to the nearest 5 cents.

https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2026/06/02/penny-shortage-rounding/90370209007/