by alshaw | Sep 12, 2024 | Article, Press Release, Press Statement
September 10, 2024 Michigan Public Service Commission7109 W Saginaw Highway 1st Floor,Lansing, MI 48917 Dear members of the Michigan Public Service Commission, As the state senator representing the 265,000 residents of District 1 in Michigan, I strongly oppose the...
by alshaw | Jun 13, 2019 | Article
Local recipients of American Association of University Women Wyandotte-Downriver Branch scholarships for 2019 were provided with a special opportunity to meet U.S. Representative Debbie Dingell and State Senator Erika Geiss at the combined 28th AAUW Woman of the Year...
by alshaw | May 29, 2019 | Article
Students in the several local districts will be a bit safer thanks to the Michigan State Police. Troopers won’t be patrolling the school hallways or checking visitors at the doors, however. The new safety measures will be funded at district schools by financial grants...
by alshaw | May 23, 2019 | Article
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer rallied supporters at an equal pay day event Wednesday, saying legislation must pass that bars private companies from asking women about prior salary. The move would enshrine one of the governor’s first executive...
by alshaw | Feb 27, 2019 | Article
For the first time in at least the nine years that Matthew Czakjowski has been the principal at Woodhaven High School, no government official has visited the school to take a look at what it has to offer its students. That changed Friday. Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist,...
by alshaw | Feb 25, 2019 | Article
The nonprofit organization New American Leaders will host its “Ready to Lead” workshop at the Arab American Museum in Dearborn Friday through Sunday. The program assists first- and second-generation Americans who are interested in running for local or national office,...