Senator Ed McBroom's Press Releases

***Media Advisory*** McBroom, Senate Republicans to announce letter regarding permitting for Line 5 tunnel

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township, and several members of the Senate Republican caucus on Wednesday will release a letter — signed by all 18 Senate Republicans — urging the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the state of Michigan to expedite their permitting processes so thousands of Michigan union workers can finally begin construction of the Great Lakes Tunnel Project for Line

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McBroom, Upper Peninsula school leaders testify in support of work-based learning experiences

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Ed McBroom on Wednesday testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on his legislation to enable more students to engage in work-based learning in high school. Joining McBroom for the hearing via Zoom were Gogebic-Ontonagon Intermediate School District Superintendent Alan Tulppo and Trent Bellingar, CTE director for the Delta Schoolcraft ISD. NICE Community School District Superintendent Bryan DeAugustine was unable to testify during the

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***Media Advisory*** McBroom, Hill to serve breakfast to Superior Hills Elementary School students

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township, and state Rep. Jenn Hill, D-Marquette, on Friday will serve breakfast to the students at Superior Hills Elementary School to highlight Michigan’s new free breakfast and lunch program for public school children. Who: Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township. Rep. Jenn Hill, D-Marquette. When: Friday, Sept. 22 at 8:50 a.m. Where: Superior Hills Elementary School 1201 S. McClellan

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Proposed amendments would standardize university boards and subject them to Open Meetings Act

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Ed McBroom has introduced two proposed constitutional amendments regarding Michigan’s 15 public universities. One is to convert the elected boards of three of them to appointed boards as all the others do. The second resolution seeks to subject all the boards to the state’s Open Meetings Act. “Both of these measures are about making our universities function better and to be

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McBroom bill would punish using Greek letters to hide emails from FOIA searches

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Ed McBroom has introduced legislation to protect the public’s access to government communications under the Freedom of Information Act after it was revealed that an email from a lobbyist to a senior advisor to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer used Greek letters thus concealing it from an electronic FOIA search. “My legislation would help ensure FOIA works to help hold government officials accountable

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UP legislators speak out on lack of appointment to population commission

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced the creation of a special commission on population last month. The 16 appointments were announced Friday, and no one appointed to it is from the Upper Peninsula. “This is not the first time the governor has neglected to have U.P. representation,” said Sen. Ed McBroom, R-Waucedah Township. “A few months ago, she failed to maintain an appointment on the

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