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SEP 16, 2025
Michigan isn't just known for its Great Lakes and charming small towns. The state is brimming with eerie legends and haunted hotspots that attract thrill-seekers from all over the state. Did you know some of Michigan's most popular attractions have a spine-chilling history? If you're brave enough, here's your guide to some of Michigan's most haunted locations.
SEP 16, 2025
No matter where you are in the caregiver journey, these contacts and resources will make the process easier
SEP 15, 2025
Who says the best years are behind us? At AARP Michigan, we know they’re happening right now—and they’re meant to be fun! From dance parties and cooking demos to museum trips, exercise classes and volunteer adventures, we’re all about turning ordinary days into something extraordinary.
SEP 1, 2025
AARP Michigan is working on the “Menopause: It’s a Movement!” campaign, led by the Michigan Women’s Commission. Since March, women from across the state have attended panels in which menopause experts seek to help them better advocate for their midlife health. Their stories — and potential policy changes — will be included in a March 2026 report detailing possible next steps.
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Honoring leaders giving back to their communities
Lansing, Michigan – Today, AARP Michigan launched the first volley in a public awareness campaign to sound the alarm about a petition drive seeking to create unnecessary and potentially risky new requirements for those who rely on absentee voting.
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“When the pension tax passed in 2011, it changed the effective value of pension benefits for a large swath of Michiganders already on fixed incomes and continues to this day to impact new waves of retirees, including the current surge of COVID-19 retirees. Our state did a shameful thing when it pulled the rug out from under these workers. AARP Michigan has long sought to have this law repealed and supports the governor’s current call to phase it out. Michiganders who have worked hard, played by the rules and paid their dues deserve to retire with dignity, but too many have been forced to go back to work to pay the bills. AARP fought against this bad legislation in 2011 and will continue to fight it today. We urge state legislators to do the right thing by repealing this law and helping build Michigan’s reputation as the first ‘age-friendly’ state in the Midwest.”
$10 million grant from Google.org to AARP Foundation will support free technology trainings to help older women and people of color thrive in the digital economy
The annual program aims to make local communities in Michigan more livable
AARP Michigan State Director Paula Cunningham, representing more than 1.3 million members age 50 and older in Michigan, issued the following statement regarding the danger of the COVID-19 Omicron variant to nursing home residents, calling for immediate action to get residents and staff vaccinated and boosted:
There is a path to lower prescription drug prices, and Congress must deliver
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