Senate Democratic Majority Passes Working Families Tax Credit, Pension Tax Repeal to Immediately Support Struggling Residents
Majority moves quickly to deliver key priorities, will continue progress on pressing needs of Michiganders LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 26, 2023) — The Michigan Senate Democratic Majority voted today to pass Senate Bill 1 to repeal the pension tax...
Senate Majority Leader Brinks Applauds Gov. Whitmer’s People-Focused State of the State Address
LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 25, 2023) — Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) issued the following statement in reaction to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s 2023 State of the State address: “The people of Michigan were the true spotlight of...
Senate Committee Assignments Announced
LANSING, Mich. — Today, Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) issued the complete list of committee titles and assignments for the Michigan Senate. Keeping consistent with her commitment to delivering solutions for the people of...
Speaker, Senate Majority Leader Make Priorities Known with First Bills
Democrats put Michigan’s working families at center of new agenda LANSING—Speaker of the House Joe Tate (D-Detroit) and Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) today heralded the legislative priorities of their respective caucuses...
Senate Majority Leader-Elect Brinks Announces Key Business Office, Majority Staff Hires
LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 21, 2022) — Today, incoming Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) announced the following lead staff selections for the Senate Democratic Caucus and the Senate Business Office Nancy Green will be deputy chief of...
Brinks Announces Senate Democrats’ Caucus Leadership Positions
Smart, energetic leaders will direct Dems’ legislative efforts LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 16, 2022) – Today, incoming Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) announced the 2023-2027 Senate Democratic Caucus leadership slate,...
Incoming Senate Majority Leader Brinks Names Chief of Staff
Kathleen O’Reilly Farhat to serve as top staff in the new Senate Democratic majority LANSING, Mich. — Today, incoming Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) announced Kathleen O’Reilly Farhat as her chief of staff starting...
Brinks Makes Michigan History as First Female Senate Majority Leader
LANSING, Mich. (Nov. 10, 2022) — Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) today issued the following statement after being selected by her Senate Democratic Caucus colleagues as the first female Senate Majority Leader in Michigan history for...
Democrats Working to Update Surrogacy Laws, Keep Families Together
LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 21, 2022) — Today, Democratic Sens. Winnie Brinks (Grand Rapids) and Curtis Hertel, Jr. (East Lansing), along with House Reps. Samantha Steckloff (Farmington Hills) and Christine...
Sen. Brinks Applauds State Supreme Court Decision on Legal Protections for LGBTQ+ Community
LANSING, Mich. (July 29, 2022) — Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) has issued the following statement regarding the Michigan Supreme Court’s decision in Rouch World, LLC v. Department of Civil Rights, in which they affirmed...
Democrats Working to Update Surrogacy Laws, Keep Families Together
LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 21, 2022) — Today, Democratic Sens. Winnie Brinks (Grand Rapids) and Curtis Hertel, Jr. (East Lansing), along with House Reps. Samantha Steckloff (Farmington Hills) and Christine...
Sen. Brinks Responds to US Supreme Court Decision on Abortion Rights
LANSING, Mich. (June 24, 2022) — Today, Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) issued the following statement regarding the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade in their opinion in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s...
Polehanki, Brinks Introduce a Bill Package to Attract, Retain Teachers in Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (June 16, 2022) — Today, Senate Democrats, led by Sens. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) and Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids), introduced a package of bills designed to attract and retain teachers in Michigan to address...
Gov. Whitmer Announces State to Expand Medicaid Coverage for Moms & Babies
New approval expands coverage to full 12-month postpartum period, a key competent of Governor Whitmer’s Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies initiative LANSING, Mich. – Coinciding with the beginning of Maternal Mental Health Awareness...
Sen. Brinks Selected as One of Nation’s Outstanding Rising Leaders
Joins group of the most innovative Democratic state and local officials working to solve America's biggest challenges WASHINGTON (April 19, 2022) — Today, Senator Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) was selected as one of nine leaders from...
Sen. Brinks Introduces Bill to Promote Housing Stability
LANSING, Mich. (March 3, 2022) — Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) today introduced legislation to seal certain eviction records to promote housing stability among low- to moderate-income families.Senate Bill 949 would provide...
Legislators Introduce Prescription Drug Affordability Board to Help Reduce Prescription Costs
LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 24, 2022) — Michigan would join a growing number of states tackling the rising costs of prescription drugs by creating a Prescription Drug Affordability Board under bicameral legislation introduced today. “The cost of...
Sen. Brinks Introduces Legislation to Protect Public Health Officials
LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 8, 2021) — Today, Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) introduced legislation to protect public health workers from rising threats of violence amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by increasing penalties for anyone who...
Michigan Progressive Women’s Caucus Introduces Reproductive Health Package
PWC calls for end to state's unconstitutional abortion laws LANSING, Mich., Nov. 10, 2021 — The Progressive Women’s Caucus (PWC) was joined by representatives of Planned Parenthood and the ACLU for the introduction of the Michigan Reproductive...
Senator Brinks Introduces Bills Strengthening Legal Options to Support PFAS Victims, Hold Polluters More Accountable
LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 6, 2021) — Today, Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids), with support from Attorney General Dana Nessel, introduced a two-bill package to help victims of PFAS contamination seek justice and to better hold corporate...
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