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State Sen. Dana Poehankie outlines education, safety and labor priorities during Inkster visit
Summary
State Sen. Dana Poehankie told the Inkster City Council she is pushing pilot programs for free driver’s education, class‑size caps for early grades and an education campaign tied to Michigan’s child safe‑storage gun law; she also highlighted earned sick‑time and wage increases.
State Sen. Dana Poehankie visited the Inkster City Council on April 7 to provide a legislative update focused on education, public‑safety measures and worker protections.
Poehankie said the state launched a driver’s‑education pilot in Wayne‑Westland Community Schools funded at about $250,000 and that she will push to expand free driver’s ed more broadly. She described a separate initiative she called her “baby” — a plan to cap class sizes in kindergarten through third grade and said she would seek significant state funding for a pilot that would include Wayne‑Westland.…
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