Senator Jim Runestad's Press Releases

LANSING, MI — State Sen. Jim Runestad was presented with the 2024 Defender Award by Michigan Health Freedom President Abigail Nobel on Dec. 3 for his efforts to expose “bias and bad math” and the “logical fallacies of implicit bias training” while pushing back against “woke health care” policymaking. “Radical, ideological woke politics have no place in state health care policy,” said Runestad, R-White Lake. “I

LANSING, MI — Sen. Jim Runestad on Wednesday raised concerns about remarks made by Sen. Sarah Anthony during a recent Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee meeting, in which she criticized the conduct of Michigan State Police. “At a time when respect for law enforcement is at an all-time low, it is more important than ever to stand up for our police officers,” said Runestad,

LANSING, MI — Sen. Jim Runestad on Tuesday sent a letter to Michigan Supreme Court Chief Justice Elizabeth T. Clement requesting she review Justice Kyra Harris Bolden’s acceptance of a large campaign donation from a PAC directed by Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson while she had a case pending before the high court. The letter asks Clement to determine whether Bolden violated the Michigan Code of

LANSING, MI — Sen. Jim Runestad criticized a package of bills passed Tuesday by Senate Democrats that he said will put new burdens on taxpayers and local elections officials and seriously invade voter privacy at the polls. “Voting locations have long been protected as places of privacy for citizens to carry out their most sacred civic duty without coercion, but not anymore. If the proponents of

LANSING, MI — Sen. Jim Runestad applauded the planned Sept. 23 celebration to mark the opening of a new headquarters for Livingston County Senior Nutrition and Western Oakland County Meals on Wheels. Runestad secured grant funding in the 2022 state budget to allow for the partnering organizations to purchase a shared building space to support their mission to serve local seniors in need. Funded through the

LANSING, MI — Sen. Jim Runestad on Friday submitted testimony opposing a premature proposed change in a state Bureau of Elections rule set that he says seeks to implement controversial changes in election law immediately rather than in 2025 as directed by the Legislature. Runestad raised alarms earlier this month when Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s Department of State asked the Joint Committee on Administrative Rules