by admin | May 2, 2022 | Press Release
New approval expands coverage to full 12-month postpartum period, a key competent of Governor Whitmer’s Healthy Moms, Healthy Babies initiative LANSING, Mich. – Coinciding with the beginning of Maternal Mental Health Awareness Month, Governor Gretchen...
by admin | Apr 19, 2022 | Press Release
Joins group of the most innovative Democratic state and local officials working to solve America’s biggest challenges WASHINGTON (April 19, 2022) — Today, Senator Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) was selected as one of nine leaders from across the...
by admin | Mar 3, 2022 | Press Release
LANSING, Mich. (March 3, 2022) — Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) today introduced legislation to seal certain eviction records to promote housing stability among low- to moderate-income families.Senate Bill 949 would provide opportunities for...
by admin | Feb 24, 2022 | Press Release
LANSING, Mich. (Feb. 24, 2022) — Michigan would join a growing number of states tackling the rising costs of prescription drugs by creating a Prescription Drug Affordability Board under bicameral legislation introduced today. “The cost of prescription drugs has been...
by admin | Dec 8, 2021 | Press Release
LANSING, Mich. (Dec. 8, 2021) — Today, Sen. Winnie Brinks (D-Grand Rapids) introduced legislation to protect public health workers from rising threats of violence amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic by increasing penalties for anyone who threatens to assault,...
by admin | Nov 10, 2021 | Press Release
PWC calls for end to state’s unconstitutional abortion laws LANSING, Mich., Nov. 10, 2021 — The Progressive Women’s Caucus (PWC) was joined by representatives of Planned Parenthood and the ACLU for the introduction of the Michigan Reproductive Health Act (RHA),...
