by admin | Mar 15, 2019 | Press release
LANSING, Mich — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) has issued the following statement after 49 people were murdered at mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. “My heart goes out to the families in New Zealand who have lost a loved one in the mosque attacks....
by admin | Mar 15, 2019 | Press release
LANSING — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) has introduced legislation to end state oversight of the city of Detroit as a condition of the 2014 “Grand Bargain,” which pulled Detroit out of bankruptcy. “The time for the so-called ‘Grand Bargain’ has come and...
by admin | Mar 7, 2019 | Press release
LANSING, Mich — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) has issued the following statement after she testified in front of the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee in support of the “Raise the Age” bill package. The legislation is supported by both Democrats...
by admin | Mar 5, 2019 | Press release
LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D–Detroit) has issued the following statement on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget, which includes investments to help lift people out poverty. “There are too many Detroit families who don’t have access to...
by admin | Feb 27, 2019 | Press release
LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Sylvia Santana (D–Detroit) has issued the following statement on news that Detroit police officer Gary Steele has been fired after posting inappropriate comments and a racially insensitive Snapchat video. “Detroit Police...
by admin | Feb 20, 2019 | Press release
LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) today introduced bills that would classify individuals who are 17 years of age as juveniles for criminal offenses, rather than as adults. The legislation is part of a larger ‘Raise the Age’ bill package,...
