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Dear Neighbor, October has arrived, and with that, the leaves are falling, temperatures are dropping, and autumn is fully underway! We hope you’ll take advantage of everything the Mitten State has to offer this month, whether that be trick-or-treating with the...
District 5 Legislative & Community Updates
Dear Neighbor, Fall is officially here. While my team and I have been enjoying the shifts in temperature and seeing the leaves on the trees start to change, we've also enjoyed getting back into the rhythm of the legislative session. From passing voting protections to...
Irwin and Polehanki Legislation to Improve Literacy and Help Students With Dyslexia Heads to Governor’s Desk
Bills to screen students for characteristics of dyslexia receive bipartisan and unanimous support in Senate LANSING, Mich. (Sept. 26, 2024) — Today, the Michigan Senate finalized Senate Bills 567 and 568, comprehensive legislation to improve reading in Michigan. The...
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Senator Polehanki Asks Colleagues to Vote Yes on SB 911
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Thank you to Education Commission of the States for sponsoring my attendance at your winter conference in Orlando.
Thanks also to my Senate Majority Leader Winnie Brinks for nominating me to serve as Michigan’s Legislative Commissioner alongside Governor Whitmer and three other commissioners.
At the conference, I heard from education leaders from across the country on ideas related to curbing chronic absenteeism, providing guidance to schools around artificial intelligence, obtaining accurate at-risk data in an era of free school meals, and much more.
It was also nice to see the sun and feel some warmth, if only briefly, before returning to our cold spell! ... See MoreSee Less
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Regarding the large data center project in Saline Township and any future data centers built in our state, the developers of these sites must follow our new law stipulating that data centers pay for the full cost of their operations, go above and beyond standards for energy efficiency and water conservation, and ensure that rate payers are not on the hook should the project fail to launch or close abruptly.
To protect Michiganders, it’s important that we are able to verify all assumptions and assurances that go into large scale projects like data centers.
To achieve this, we need sufficient time to review those details, and the best way to do that is with a transparent, public *contested hearing conducted by the Michigan Public Service Commission.
*a contested hearing would include additional hearings beyond the one listed below
The Michigan Public Service Commission will hold a short hearing on Wednesday, Dec. 3, between 6:30 and 8:30 p.m. on Microsoft Teams (find link in article).
Participants can join through the meeting’s Microsoft Teams link or by dialing 1-248-509-0316 and entering the conference ID 593258092# when prompted. ... See MoreSee Less
Michigan regulators to host public hearing on DTE contracts for Saline Township data center • Michigan Advance
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Following up on a request by Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel, the regulatory body overseeing Michigan energy companies announced on Tuesday that it would hold a public hearing to take comments o...5 CommentsComment on Facebook