by admin | Mar 23, 2020 | Press release
To combat the spread of COVID-19 in Michigan, Governor Whitmer signed the “Stay Home, Stay Safe” executive order. For at least the next three weeks, all Michigan businesses and operations must temporarily suspend in-person operations that are not necessary to sustain...
by admin | Mar 12, 2020 | Press release
LANSING — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) issued the following statement today after the Michigan Senate passed a supplemental budget bill that includes $500,000 in funding for the Arab-American Museum in Dearborn, along with Rouge Park and the Charles...
by admin | Feb 5, 2020 | Press release
LANSING — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) has introduced legislation to allow Michigan residents to challenge tax foreclosures in state courts, rather than the Michigan Tax Tribunal, if there is an alleged violation of federal civil rights law. Senate Bill...
by admin | Feb 4, 2020 | Press release
LANSING — Sens. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit), Paul Wojno (D-Warren) and Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield) have introduced a bill package to fight human trafficking by providing training for public employees in certain occupations and for owners,...
by admin | Jan 29, 2020 | Press release
LANSING — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D–Detroit) has issued the following statement on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State address, in which she talked about the progress made — and continued need for — criminal justice...
by admin | Jan 28, 2020 | Press release
LANSING — Sen. Sylvia Santana (D-Detroit) has introduced legislation that would require the Michigan Department of Corrections to report the pre-incarceration addresses of prisoners when providing 2020 Census information for district populations counts....