Camilleri, Senate Pre-K-12 Appropriations Subcommittee Report Record-Setting Education Budget, Building on ’24 Investments
LANSING, Mich. (April 16, 2024) — Today, Chair Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) and the Senate Pre-K-12 Appropriations Subcommittee offered another record-setting recommendation for the 2025 Fiscal Year School Aid budget. The proposal builds on...
Camilleri urges MDE to open more application periods for student loan relief grants
School districts should be wary of private companies offering assistance, Camilleri says LANSING (April 11, 2024) — With a deadline fast approaching, State Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton), the Senate Chair of the Pre-K-12 Education Budget, is...
Camilleri Introduces ‘Library in Every School’ Legislation, Asserts Need for More School Libraries to Improve Literacy Outcomes
LANSING, Mich. (March 5, 2024) — Citing the need for more school libraries and librarians to help improve literacy outcomes for Michigan students, Sens. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) and Rosemary Bayer (D-West Bloomfield) introduced a package of...
Sen. Camilleri Pushes for Stronger Polluter Pay Laws as New Substance is Found at Former McLouth Steel Site
LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 15, 2024) — Following news that a milky, corrosive fluid was discovered near the railroad crossing at Payne and West Jefferson on the north end of the former McLouth Steel site, Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) released the...
Education Budget Chair Camilleri Reminds Districts About Financial Supports Available for Michigan Educators
LANSING, MI — State Senator Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton), a former teacher and the Chairman of the Senate Pre-K-12 Education Budget, called attention to the additional financial supports for educator compensation included in the most recent school...
Sen. Camilleri Comments on Gov. Whitmer’s 2024 State of the State Address
LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 24, 2024) — Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) has issued the following statement in response to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State speech on Wednesday evening: “Tonight’s speech was a bold step toward addressing the...
Sen. Camilleri on Tentative UAW-Ford Agreement
LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 25, 2023) — Following the announcement that a tentative agreement has been reached between Ford and UAW that includes a 25% increase for factory workers and higher wage maximums, among other items, Sen. Darrin Camilleri...
Sen. Camilleri on Placemaking Grants for City of Wayne
Grant funding passed by the Senate will encourage population growth, drive business development in District 4 LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 12, 2023) — Following the recent announcement of $99.2 million in Revitalization and Placemaking Program (RAP 2.0)...
Senate Democrats Deliver on First Big Fall Priority to Curb High Drug Costs, Protect Residents’ Health
Legislation to establish Prescription Drug Affordability Board in Michigan has widespread support LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 04, 2023) — Today, the Michigan Senate passed Senate Bills 483-485. The bills, sponsored by Sens. Darrin...
Senate Committee Advances Legislation to Establish Prescription Drug Affordability Board
Bills would help lower prescription drug costs and could establish upper payment limits on life-saving medicine LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 27, 2023) — After receiving widespread support from local, state and national health and policy experts and...
Camilleri, Senate Pre-K-12 Appropriations Subcommittee Report Record-Setting Education Budget, Building on ’24 Investments
LANSING, Mich. (April 16, 2024) — Today, Chair Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) and the Senate Pre-K-12 Appropriations Subcommittee offered another record-setting recommendation for the 2025 Fiscal Year School Aid budget. The proposal builds on...
Camilleri urges MDE to open more application periods for student loan relief grants
School districts should be wary of private companies offering assistance, Camilleri says LANSING (April 11, 2024) — With a deadline fast approaching, State Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton), the Senate Chair of the Pre-K-12 Education Budget, is...
Camilleri Introduces ‘Library in Every School’ Legislation, Asserts Need for More School Libraries to Improve Literacy Outcomes
LANSING, Mich. (March 5, 2024) — Citing the need for more school libraries and librarians to help improve literacy outcomes for Michigan students, Sens. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) and Rosemary Bayer (D-West Bloomfield) introduced a package of...
Sen. Camilleri Pushes for Stronger Polluter Pay Laws as New Substance is Found at Former McLouth Steel Site
LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 15, 2024) — Following news that a milky, corrosive fluid was discovered near the railroad crossing at Payne and West Jefferson on the north end of the former McLouth Steel site, Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) released the...
Education Budget Chair Camilleri Reminds Districts About Financial Supports Available for Michigan Educators
LANSING, MI — State Senator Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton), a former teacher and the Chairman of the Senate Pre-K-12 Education Budget, called attention to the additional financial supports for educator compensation included in the most recent school...
Sen. Camilleri Comments on Gov. Whitmer’s 2024 State of the State Address
LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 24, 2024) — Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) has issued the following statement in response to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State speech on Wednesday evening: “Tonight’s speech was a bold step toward addressing the...
Sen. Camilleri on Tentative UAW-Ford Agreement
LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 25, 2023) — Following the announcement that a tentative agreement has been reached between Ford and UAW that includes a 25% increase for factory workers and higher wage maximums, among other items, Sen. Darrin Camilleri...
Sen. Camilleri on Placemaking Grants for City of Wayne
Grant funding passed by the Senate will encourage population growth, drive business development in District 4 LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 12, 2023) — Following the recent announcement of $99.2 million in Revitalization and Placemaking Program (RAP 2.0)...
Senate Democrats Deliver on First Big Fall Priority to Curb High Drug Costs, Protect Residents’ Health
Legislation to establish Prescription Drug Affordability Board in Michigan has widespread support LANSING, Mich. (Oct. 04, 2023) — Today, the Michigan Senate passed Senate Bills 483-485. The bills, sponsored by Sens. Darrin...
Senators, Experts and Advocates Push to Rein in Skyrocketing Drug Costs, Keep Life-Saving Medicine Affordable
Senate Committee on Finance, Insurance, and Consumer Protection hears array of positive testimony on bills to create Prescription Drug Affordability Board LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 20,...
Senate Committee Advances Legislation to Establish Prescription Drug Affordability Board
Bills would help lower prescription drug costs and could establish upper payment limits on life-saving medicine LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 27, 2023) — After receiving widespread support from local, state and national health and policy experts and...
CBD: Editorial: Fund for congested rail crossings a good starting point
"Our hope is to address the areas of crazy congestion in Southeast Michigan first and then be able to help across the state because there are thousands of train crossings with roads," said state Sen. Darrin Camilleri, D-Trenton, one of the bill...
Amid Toxic Waste Concerns, Camilleri, Miller, and Wegela Call for Additional EGLE Hearing for Romulus Deep Injection Well Site
LANSING, Mich. (March 8, 2023) — Today, Wayne County elected officials called for the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy to hold an additional public hearing on the Romulus Deep Injection Well site’s permits, citing years of...
Sen. Camilleri calls for transparency on toxic waste being brought to Michigan by Republic Services
Sources report that substantial amounts of toxic waste are being transported from the East Palestine, OH train derailment site to privately-owned facilities in Van Buren Twp. and Romulus without any public input or warning ROMULUS, Mich. (Feb. 24,...
Sen. Camilleri on Gov. Whitmer’s Pre-K-12 Budget Recommendations
As Chair of the Senate Pre-K-12 Appropriations Subcommittee, Sen. Camilleri will lead budget work on these and other education proposals LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 8, 2023) — Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) issued the following statement on Gov....
Sen. Camilleri on Gov. Whitmer’s State of the State Address
LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 25, 2023) — Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) has issued the following statement in response to Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s “State of the State” address on Wednesday evening: “It’s a new day in Lansing, and our new majority is...
Sen. Camilleri on Being Sworn Into 102nd Michigan Legislature and New Committee Appointments
Camilleri Named Majority Chair of Senate Pre-K-12 Appropriations, Vice Chair of Labor Committee LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 12, 2022) — Sen. Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton) has issued the following statement after being sworn into office to serve in the...
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,...
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