Articles tagged: state Senate
Ann Arbor's Rebekah Warren named 2012's most liberal member of the Michigan Senate
Posted: Dec 20, 2012State Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, has been named 2012's "Most Liberal Senator" by the MIRS News agency in Lansing for the second year in a row. Warren said she considers it an honor to ... Read more »
Rebekah Warren proposes changes to anti-abortion bill to ensure men aren't coerced into vasectomies
Posted: Dec 12, 2012State Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, made waves in the Michigan Senate on Wednesday when she offered up multiple amendments to so-called anti-abortion legislation. "If women have to be screened to see if they are ... Read more »
with poll: 4th graders from Ann Arbor want Michigan Legislature to designate cherry as official state fruit
Posted: Oct 02, 2012With the help of a group of fourth graders from Ann Arbor's Bach Elementary School, state Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, is pushing for the passage of legislation that aims to officially designate the cherry as Michigan's state fruit. Read more »
with video: Rebekah Warren says tonight's 'Vaginas Take Back The Capitol' rally is about freedom of speech
Posted: Jun 18, 2012State Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, says tonight's "Vaginas Take Back the Capitol" rally in Lansing is about freedom of speech. "Nowhere is freedom of speech more essential than in our legislative bodies," Warren said ... Read more »
Sen. Rebekah Warren invites local residents to join her for coffee hours
Posted: Jun 09, 2012State Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, will be hosting two separate coffee hours in Washtenaw County next week to speak with local residents. Read more »
State budget gets mixed reviews from Washtenaw County lawmakers
Posted: Jun 04, 2012State Rep. Jeff Irwin and Sen. Rebekah Warren, both Ann Arbor Democrats, say they're not happy with how the state budget turned out this year. "I'm absolutely not happy with this budget," Warren said. "If ... Read more »
Rebekah Warren introducing legislation to protect gays against discrimination in Michigan
Posted: Mar 21, 2012State Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, will be joined by gay rights activists Thursday to announce legislation to amend Michigan's Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act. Read more »
Legislation allowing local vehicle registration fees could raise millions for transportation projects
Posted: Jan 26, 2012State. Sen Rebekah Warren on Thursday introduced legislation to give local communities a voice in improving Michigan's aging transportation network. Senate Bill 910 — part of a bipartisan package of bills designed to implement some ... Read more »
Democrats announce ambitious plan to help Michigan students pay for college
Posted: Jan 12, 2012State Sen. Rebekah Warren, D-Ann Arbor, and other Democrats today unveiled the Michigan 2020 Plan, an effort to help students with the rising cost of college. Under the plan, Michigan high school graduates would be ... Read more »
Year in review: How state lawmakers representing Washtenaw County voted in 2011
Posted: Jan 04, 2012State Reps. Mark Ouimet, R-Scio Township, and Jeff Irwin, D-Ann Arbor, maintained perfect voting records during the entire Michigan House legislative session of 2011. The House took more than 600 roll call votes, and neither ... Read more »
Rutledge hopes new workgroup will help equal playing field for charter schools and traditional public schools
Posted: Dec 23, 2011State Rep. David Rutledge, D-Superior Township, has been appointed to a new state panel established by the recently enacted charter schools expansion legislation. Rutledge is one of two Democratic legislators on the eight-member Workgroup on ... Read more »
Michigan Senate sends charter schools legislation to Snyder's desk for signature
Posted: Dec 15, 2011The Republican-led Michigan Senate today gave final approval to a bill that would lift restrictions on the number of charter schools, angering Democrats. The Senate approved the measure by a 22-16 vote, mostly along party ... Read more »
New law proposed to protect Michigan children from sexual abuse
Posted: Dec 15, 2011Sens. Rebekah Warren and John Proos announced today they will be introducing legislation in the Michigan Senate to help prevent the sexual abuse of children. Read more »
Legislation eliminating Michigan's onerous 'driver responsibility fees' headed to Snyder's desk
Posted: Dec 01, 2011Legislation to eliminate some of Michigan's onerous driver responsibility fees is on its way to Gov. Rick Snyder's desk to be signed into law. The Michigan Senate today concurred in a 37-0 vote with the ... Read more »
Ann Arbor lawmaker: charter schools making profit off educating Michigan children is unacceptable
Posted: Nov 29, 2011State Sen. Rebekah Warren says her proposal to ban for-profit schools in Michigan wouldn't mean the end of charter schools — they'd just have to operate as nonprofit entities. And that would be a big ... Read more »
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