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Senate Majority Leader Brinks Files Lawsuit Against Republican Speaker Hall for Violating Constitution, Failing to Send Passed Legislation to Governor
NOTE: Legal documents related to today's lawsuit filing are attached. LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 3, 2025) — Today, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) hosted a press conference where she announced that the Michigan Senate has filed a lawsuit against...
Michigan Senate Votes for More Transparent State Government with FOIA Expansion to Governor, Legislature
LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 29, 2025) — Today, the Senate passed bipartisan legislation to expand Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and subject the Legislature and governor’s office to records requests from the public. Senate Bills 1 and 2, sponsored by Sens....
Senate Majority Leader Brinks Prepares Legal Action Against Republican House of Representatives for Violating Constitution, Blocking Passed Legislation
LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 22, 2025) — Today, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) introduced Senate Resolution 3 to prepare legal action that compels the House of Representatives to fulfill its constitutional duty to present the nine remaining bills passed...
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ICYMI: Governor Gretchen Whitmer recently signed our bills to protect human trafficking survivors into law. Championed by Senator Rosemary Bayer, Senator Sue Shink, and Sen. Stephanie Chang, this bill package helps law enforcement better prosecute human trafficking and bring more abusers to justice.I am very proud to have championed legislation alongside Senator Sue Shink and Senator Stephanie Chang to tackle human trafficking in Michigan. Signed into law by Gov. Whitmer, Senate Bills 515-517 protect trafficking survivors by allowing statements given outside of court — also known as hearsay — admissible in some cases, allowing victims to not have to appear in court and see their perpetrator face-to-face to participate in a pretrial hearing. With this crucial change, law enforcement authorities can better prosecute this crime and bring more abusers to justice. ... See MoreSee Less
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Elimnate human traficking!
It was a pleasure joining the Michigan Education Association for their Winter Conference today. These are the people who lay the building blocks for the futures of our youth — so ensuring that Michigan educators can do their jobs, stay in their profession, and make ends meet remains a top priority for my Democratic colleagues and I.
Amidst all the chaos and uncertainty, we'll always continue to stand strong for public education and Michigan educators. ... See MoreSee Less
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Thank you for coming and for your steadfast support of public education, students and our members!
Good support...while we still have a depertment of education!! BTW...it should be "for my Democratic colleagues and ME." (Object of the preposition "for." ) Sorry...couldn't resist...