by admin | Sep 10, 2020 | Press release
LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) has issued the following statement after the University of Michigan-Dearborn sparked ire for creating two virtual cafes, one for ‘Black, Indigenous and People of Color’ and the other for ‘Non-POC (People of Color)’ as a...
by admin | Sep 3, 2020 | Press release
DETROIT, Mich. — Today, the Wayne County delegation of senators — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit), Sen. Adam Hollier (D-Detroit), Sen. Marshall Bullock (D-Detroit), Sen. Betty Jean Alexander (D-Detroit), Sen. Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor)...
by admin | Aug 15, 2020 | Press release
LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) issued the following statement today after the Michigan Senate passed an education bill package that outlines various requirements for the forthcoming school year during the COVID-19 pandemic: “Our educators, students...
by admin | Jul 9, 2020 | Press release
LANSING — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) issued the following statement today regarding Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s directive to the Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs to begin developing rules to require health professionals to undertake...
by admin | Jul 2, 2020 | Press release
LANSING — The Senate Democratic Caucus has introduced a comprehensive plan to boost Michigan’s unemployment system to expand benefits for unemployed individuals starting July 25, 2020 — the last date of federal benefits for unemployment. Currently, unemployed...
by admin | Jun 30, 2020 | Press release
LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) issued the following statement today after learning of the decision from a private legal firm that the Michigan State Capitol Commission does have the authority to ban guns from the state Capitol...