Bills replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day, make Election Day a holiday LANSING — Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor) and Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) have introduced legislation to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples’ Day in...

BIRMINGHAM – Today, the City of Birmingham released a public advisory for drinking water customers in accordance with the Michigan Safe Drinking Water Act, alerting residents that five of the 32 sites tested (out of approximately 9,000...

Cheyna Roth of Michigan Public Radio Network moderated a panel discussion – along with Senator Mallory McMorrow (SD-13), Senator Rosemary Bayer (SD-12), Senator Erika Geiss (SD-6), Representative Julie Brixie (HD-69), and Representative...

Votes reject budget proposal that fails to invest in Michigan classrooms  LANSING — Sens. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak), Rosemary Bayer (D-Beverly Hills), Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) and Reps. Mari Manoogian (D-Birmingham), Kyra...

Four-bill package would provide incentives, establish locations LANSING — Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak), along with legislators from the House and Senate, today announced a bipartisan package to support the growth of electric vehicles in...

IN THIS EDITION Why I Wear Orange June is for Pride New in the Legislature Committee Updates In-District Office Opens Today Other News and Notes Coming Up Why I Wear OrangeFriday was National Gun Violence Awareness Day. In 2013, a group of...

IN THIS EDITION Ensuring Equal Pay for Equal Work Committee Updates Reflecting on Memorial DayOther News and Notes Ensuring Equal Pay for Equal Work When we fail to ensure that equal work gets equal pay, regardless of gender or identity, we...

Earlier this week, Attorney General Dana Nessel joined Rep. Robert Wittenberg and me in Berkley for a Senior Services Summit and town hall about elder abuse. The attorney general discussed many of the issues impacting our residents and shared...

IN THIS EDITION In the legislature Committee updates Update on conversion therapy ban Other news and notes In the legislature The Senate unanimously voted in support of Senate Bill 228, which would create a Suicide Prevention Commission...

5/08/2019 On Monday, our office learned that we’d be called into the Senate Committee on Insurance and Banking the next morning at 8:30 a.m. We were told we’d be reviewing and voting on Senate Bill 1 — a bill to create sweeping changes to...

BIRMINGHAM — Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D–Royal Oak) invites members of the community and local teachers to join her at an upcoming town hall meeting to discuss education funding in Michigan. The town hall will take place on Monday, April 8, from 6 to...

LANSING, Mich. — A coalition of Michigan House and Senate Democrats announced legislation at a press conference today that would create extreme risk protection orders as a critical first step toward curbing gun violence in the state. House Bills...

Legislation would make feminine hygiene products more affordable for women LANSING — State Sens. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) and Mallory McMorrow (D-Royal Oak) today introduced legislation to make Michigan the next state to exempt feminine...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TuY3CtRnx1c&feature=youtu.be. Today, the Senate voted along party lines to reject Executive Order-02, which would have allowed Governor Gretchen Whitmer to reorganize the Department of Environmental Quality into...

LANSING, Mich. – State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D–Royal Oak) today issued the following statement on legislative Republicans’ rejection of Executive Order 2019-2, which ends special interest oversight of polluters: “As the threat of PFAS and lead...

A lot of people have asked me what I do in Lansing when I'm not session or committee meetings. I'm excited to show you what my team and I are up to this week at our office and give you a preview of our first Legislative Goals Summit....

LANSING, Mich. – State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D–Royal Oak) today issued the following statement on her resolution calling for an end to the partial U.S. government shutdown, which is now in its 32nd day: “Michigan is home to thousands of federal...

LANSING, Mich. – State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D–Royal Oak) has issued the following statement on John Engler’s expected resignation as interim president of Michigan State University: “The president of our state’s largest public university is first...

LANSING, Mich. – State Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D–Royal Oak) today issued the following statement on being appointed to serve as the Minority Vice Chair of the Senate Economic and Small Business Development Committee, and as a member of the Senate...

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mallory McMorrow (D–Royal Oak) took the oath of office today to represent the citizens of Michigan’s 13th Senate District. “It is a tremendous honor to serve the people of Oakland County,” Sen. McMorrow said. “Together, with...