PWC Announces Bicameral Legislation to Assist Working Women and Families
Bill package helps women rejoin the workforce LANSING, Mich., Sept. 28, 2021 — A bicameral coalition of Michigan Democratic legislators led by members of the Progressive Women’s Caucus (PWC) will introduce legislation during a press conference...
Senator Polehanki on Support of Senate Passing State Budget
LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 21, 2021) — Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) issued the following statement after the Michigan Senate today passed the Fiscal Year 2022 budget that totals just under $70 billion in combined state and federal funds,...
Koleszar, Polehanki on Settlement to Reduce Harmful Emissions at Northville Landfill Facility
LANSING, Mich., Sept. 10, 2021 — Yesterday, Arbor Hills Energy (AHE) settled with the state and the Department of Justice (DOJ) to significantly reduce sulfur dioxide (SO2) emissions at its Northville landfill gas-to-energy facility. SO2 is a...
Sens. Polehanki, Wojno Lead Group of Legislators Demanding Wayne State University End Inhumane Dog Experiments
LANSING, Mich. (Aug. 26, 2021) — Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) and Sen. Paul Wojno (D-Warren) today marked National Dog Day by publicly urging Wayne State University to end the use of dogs in heart experiments conducted at...
Sen. Polehanki on Senate Passage of Historic K-12 Budget
LANSING, Mich. (June 30, 2021) — Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) has issued the following statement after the Michigan Senate today passed a K-12 budget that makes the largest investment in K-12 public schools in our state’s history and...
Senators Polehanki, Geiss Introduce Bills to Help Paraprofessionals
LANSING, Mich. (June 24, 2021) — Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) and Sen. Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) today introduced legislation that would create a track for paraprofessionals to become classroom teachers.Senate Bills 567 and...
Sen. Polehanki, Rep. Koleszar Bills to Increase Fines on Landfill Polluters
LANSING, Mich. (June 3, 2021) — Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) and Rep. Matt Koleszar (D-Plymouth) today reintroduced legislation to hold landfill polluters accountable.Senate Bill 512 and House Bill 4961 would...
Senate Democrats lead effort to expand adoption rights to LGBTQ families, others
LANSING, Mich. (April 22, 2021) — Today, Sens. Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield), Curtis Hertel Jr. (D-East Lansing), Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor), and Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) reintroduced legislation to end the...
Democratic, Republican Senators Introduce Bills to Address Dyslexia
LANSING, Mich. (April 21, 2021) — Sens. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann Arbor), Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia), Jim Runestad (R-White Lake), and Lana Theis (R-Brighton) have introduced legislation to improve child literacy...
Sen. Polehanki Supports Workers, Effort to Combat Payroll Fraud
LANSING, Mich. (April 15, 2021) — Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) has issued the following statement in support of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s Michigan Jobs First Executive Directive, which is designed to ensure fair and equitable wages...
Senator Polehanki Applauds Governor’s Request for $5M to Ban All Weapons from State Capitol
LANSING, Mich. (Jan. 20, 2021) — Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) has released the following statement in response to yesterday’s supplemental budget request to the Michigan Legislature by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, in which she requested $5...
Round Two: Sens. Bayer, Polehanki Reintro Bills to Prohibit Guns at State Capitol
LANSING, Mich. — Today, during the first Senate session of the 101st Michigan Legislature and amidst increasing threats to State Capitols nationwide, Sens. Rosemary Bayer (D-Beverly Hills) and Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia)...
Senator Polehanki on the Michigan Capitol Commission’s Proposal to Ban Open Carry at the State Capitol
LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) has released the following statement in advance of the Michigan Capitol Commission’s scheduled meeting this afternoon to discuss implementing a ban on the open carry of firearms in the...
Polehanki on News Regarding Threats to Governor, State Capitol
LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia), whose tweet of armed men overlooking the Michigan State Senate chambers in June went viral, has issued the following statement regarding today’s news of an alleged plot to kidnap...
Bipartisan Group of Senators Introduces Child Literacy Legislation During National Dyslexia Awareness Month
LANSING, Mich. — In honor of National Dyslexia Awareness Month, today a bipartisan group of Senators hosted a virtual press conference on legislation to improve child literacy in Michigan. Sen. Jeff Irwin (D–Ann Arbor),...
Senators Bayer, Polehanki Introduce Bills to Prohibit Guns in State Capitol
LANSING, Mich. — Today, Sens. Rosemary Bayer (D-Beverly Hills) and Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) introduced legislation to prohibit both open and concealed carry of firearms inside the Michigan State Capitol Building, except for...
Senator Polehanki on DeVos rejection of test waiver request
LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) has issued the following statement after U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos rejected the Michigan Department of Education’s waiver request for federally-mandated tests, despite...
Senator Polehanki: ‘Students Need Instruction, Not More Tests’
LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia) has issued the following statement regarding the passage of a package of bills that mandates assessments and reporting requirements for the forthcoming school year, including additional...
Democrats Introduce Bills to Pause Standardized Testing
LANSING, Mich. — Sens. Dayna Polehanki (D-Livonia), Erika Geiss (D-Taylor), Rosemary Bayer (D-Bloomfield Hills),Curtis Hertel Jr. (D-East Lansing), Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor), Winnie...
Senate Democrats Expand Unemployment as Federal Benefits Expire
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,...
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