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After Speaker Hall Blows Court Deadline, Senate Majority Leader Brinks Says “Enough is Enough”
LANSING, Mich. (March 20, 2025) — After Michigan House Speaker Matt Hall blew the deadline to present nine bills that have passed both chambers to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, this morning, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) and the Michigan Senate filed...
Updates from State Senator Winnie Brinks
Dear Neighbor, These are turbulent times in our country. People in our community are feeling the impact of the uncertainty that is coming out of Washington, D.C. — I have heard from federal employees who have been fired, nonprofit leaders who are facing funding...
Senate Majority Leader Brinks, Appropriations Chair Anthony Respond to House Republicans’ Botched Budget
LANSING, Mich. (March 6, 2025) — Today, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) and Senate Appropriations Chair Sen. Sarah Anthony (D-Lansing) issued the following statements in reaction to House Republicans’ surprise faux budget bills that would gut...
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Grateful for this recognition as an Environmental Champion, Michigan League of Conservation Voters! 🌎 Let's continue working together to protect Michigan's land, air, waters, and people. ... See MoreSee Less
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A consistent record of making the right choices for her constituents!
This past weekend, Attorney General Dana Nessel and I hosted a town hall in Grand Rapids where we discussed the actions we've taken to protect Michigan from the unlawful actions of the Trump administration.
Thank you to all the engaged community members who came out to make their voices and concerns heard — our resistance is stronger when we work together, and we'll continue doing just that.
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Unlawful actions? Such as?
Thank you again for hosting this!
Great to hear about what’s working in our community from our city’s leaders at this year’s Grand Rapids Chamber policy breakfast — including programs like GRPD and Network180’s crisis co-response.
This program aims to respond to people experiencing a mental health crisis with trained mental health professionals instead of just police officers — and it is keeping people out of jail when support is ... See MoreSee Less
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High time to deal with mental illness in a sensible and sympathetic way. It's a program that works.
Thank you for your work to allow transgender males to participate in female sports, Winnie! ... And thank you for your work to allow foreign nations to place tariffs on American products while America is not allowed to place tariffs on foreign products! ... And thank you for your work to allow immigrants from gangs and other terrorist organizations into America! ... And thank you for your work "Giving" $350 Billion in hard-earned American taxdollars to the nation of Ukraine rather than providing a $100 Billion in a "Secured Loan" to Ukraine the way European nations did. And thank you for abandoning your work to use electric vehicles to help reduce climate change, and instead devoting your work to improve climate change by burning Tesla vehicles! And thank you for your work using American taxdollars to pay for sex-change operations for the people of Guatamala! All of those things make defeting Democrats very easy!