Members of the House Democratic Caucus held a press conference to discuss their resolution calling for the creation of a special committee to investigate the activities of former House Speaker Lee Chatfield, on March 24, 2022.
Democratic Floor Leader Joe Tate (D-Detroit), Labor Caucus Chair Terry Sabo (D-Muskegon) and state Rep. Tyrone Carter (D-Detroit) joined a legislative tour of the Operating Engineers training facility in Detroit to learn about modern job training and employment opportunities, on Monday, December 13, 2021.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) testified on his legislation to reopen Lewis College of Business, Michigan's only historically Black college or university, in the House Education Committee on October 26, 2021.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed the $70 billion 2022 fiscal year state budget into law on September 29, 2021. FY22 is considered historic in part for its $1.4 billion child care provision, aided by federal pandemic stimulus funds. “This is going to be a transformational change for our economy in Michigan,” said Lasinski.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) spoke at a bipartisan press conference addressing the state's housing crisis, on the Capitol steps Thursday, April 15, 2021.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) spoke at a press conference introducing House Democrats' Small Business, Big Impact legislation on Tuesday, November 5, 2019. The five bill package is designed to ensure entrepreneurs have access to the critical supports and opportunities necessary to get their businesses off the ground and keep their doors open.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) welcomed Bishop Reginald Bluestein, of New Realm Holiness Church in Detroit, for the invocation on Tuesday, October 29, 2019.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) testifies on his bill in a bipartisan water quality package that would tighten testing standards for lead and PFAS in drinking water, in the House Natural Resources Committee Tuesday, October 15, 2019.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) and other state representatives discussed state and local aging policy as part of a panel discussion at the AARP Age-Friendly Communities and States Conference in Lansing on Monday, October 7, 2019.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) testifies in the House Ways and Means Committee Thursday, October 3, 2019.
Democratic members of the House of Representatives show their support for the striking United Auto Workers members on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.
Michigan House Democrats introduced House Resolutions 156-161 to formally call on the federal government to adopt Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s recently unveiled Great Lakes 2020 Agenda and take meaningful action to protect the health, economy and ecology of Michigan and the Great Lakes region, on Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2019.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) testifies in the House Tax Policy Committee Wednesday, May 22, 2019.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) read to students at Detroit Merit Charter Academy in honor of March is Reading Month on Monday, March 11, 2019.
A coalition of Michigan House and Senate legislators introduced a plan today to guarantee pay equity for all residents of the state, on Wednesday, May 22, 2019. According to the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, without any policy interventions to ensure equal status for women, the disparity in wages between men and women will not end in Michigan until the year 2059. House Bills 4629-40 and Senate Bills 328-39 were introduced to close that significant pay gap.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) listens to testimony in the House Appropriations Committee Wednesday, February 27, 2019.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) welcomed Erica Sivertson, strategy manager at Deloitte Consulting, as his guest for the State of the State Tuesday, February 12, 2019.
State Rep. Joe Tate (D-Detroit) was sworn in officially as representative for the 2nd House District for the 2019-2020 legislative session, on Wednesday, January 9, 2019. The swearing-in ceremony marked the formal opening of Michigan’s 100th Legislature.
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