LG Gilchrist touts achievements by Democrats Weve been eager to get to work

LANSING — Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist II highlighted the legislative achievements of Michigan Democrats as the first 100 days of single-party state control approached. “We have been eager to get to work,” he told the State Journal Wednesday. In the last three months, Democrats in Lansing have passed numerous proposals that were long held off by the Republican party that has controlled at least one branch of state government for the last 40 years. Priorities have included a repeal of the pension tax, expansion of the Working Families Tax Credit, pro-organized labor policies and the introduction of gun control measures.…