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Sen. Shink Introduces Sustainability-Centered Legislation to Repeal ‘Ban on Bag Bans’
Senate Bill 228 would repeal the law preventing local ordinances to ban plastic bags and allow communities to implement programs to reduce litter and waste LANSING, Mich. (March 23, 2023) — This week, Sen. Sue Shink (D-Northfield Twp.) introduced Senate Bill...
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Dear Neighbor, Women’s History Month is dedicated to celebrating and recognizing women who have contributed so much to our society and well-being. Women have and continue to make it happen! Women are leading in business, education, politics, and sciences. Women are...
Sen. Shink Introduces Legislation to Aid Community Improvement Across Michigan
LANSING, Mich. (March 10, 2023) — Yesterday, Sen. Sue Shink (D-Northfield Twp.) reintroduced legislation, Senate Bill 164, that would modify the law for Business Improvement Zones (“BIZ”) to allow for some zones to be created using weighted voting by assessed or...
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We were the first in the Michigan Legislature to achieve gender parity in 2019, and today, our #MajorityForThePeople is the first to have a woman as the Majority Leader.
Leader Senator Winnie Brinks and the other 11 Dem women in the Senate are making history by expanding the diversity of women in government. ... See MoreSee Less
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It's been a journey. Thanks to all of you for running!
I spent the morning trying to get some answers about our electrical utilities’ lack of reliability. We’re not going to stop working at this until we get better results.
DTE and Consumers Energy execs back in the hot seat over power outages
DTE and Consumers Energy leaders were back on the hot seat Thursday, facing questions over their response to power outages and what steps are underway to strengthen the grid. ... See MoreSee Less
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Good luck with getting answers. But here are two questions to ask. DTE has 2.2 million customers and CE has 1.8 million. When there is a large outage, both report the number without power. If you calculate the percentages, DTE is much higher by multiples. Why? What is CE doing that DTE isn’t?
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