Senator Jim Runestad's Press Releases

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad on Thursday voted yes on legislation that would enforce higher standards for drinking water at manufactured housing communities. “Michiganders in manufactured housing have been treated like second-class citizens when it comes to access to clean water,” said Runestad, R-White Lake. “The corporations who own these communities must be held accountable. Residents of these communities, who faithfully pay their monthly lot

LANSING, MI — Sen. Jim Runestad is raising concerns about a series of controversial policies being pushed by Michigan Democrats in the final weeks of the legislative session. “I proposed a measure to prevent exactly this type of legislative overreach,” said Runestad, R- White Lake. “It’s unacceptable when one party exploits its control to push a last-minute, radical agenda. This garbage must end.” Runestad emphasized his

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