Rep. Borton celebrates federal disaster relief for Northern Michigan

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Rep. Borton celebrates federal disaster relief for Northern Michigan

RELEASE|July 23, 2025

Contact: Ken Borton

State Representative Ken Borton last night applauded President Donald Trump’s announcement of federal disaster assistance for Northern Michigan. The relief will provide much-needed support following the severe ice storms that struck the region earlier this year.

“Our entire Northern Michigan community is breathing a collective sigh of relief tonight after President Trump announced he was sending this funding our way,” said Borton, R-Gaylord. “We couldn’t be more grateful to the President and his team for delivering on relief dollars we so desperately need. Our communities banded together and got through the storms last winter, but just by the skin of our teeth. These federal dollars will finally take us from ‘just getting by’ to ‘getting back to normal.’”

Earlier this year, the House passed a bipartisan $100 million disaster relief proposal with near-unanimous support. The bipartisan measure has since stalled in the Senate Appropriations Committee.

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