LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad introduced legislation Wednesday to help safeguard secure elections in the state and give every voter confidence in the results. Runestad’s measures are part of

‘The same one-size-fits-all, strong-armed, unconstitutional approach will only continue with Hertel at the helm’ LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad, R-White Lake, issued the following statement Tuesday regarding the Senate’s

‘Hertel has not indicated she will do anything substantive to improve this department’s response’ LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad on Monday called on the Michigan Senate to disapprove the

‘Anything we can do to make government work for the people is a positive step for our state’ LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad announced Friday he will be introducing

‘The attorney general chose to cast a cloud over the administration’s policies and the consequences that came with them’ LANSING, Mich. — After Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Monday

‘Nessel must do the right thing — get answers for those who lost loved ones’ LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad on Monday said Attorney General Dana Nessel is expected

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad on Wednesday said he would support the Michigan Senate disapproving the appointment of the state’s new health director, Elizabeth Hertel. “Like many others, I

By Sen. Jim Runestad 15th Senate District Anyone following the national news knows that in New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration recently admitted to withholding data about COVID-19 deaths in

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad on Monday called on Department of Health and Human Services Director Elizabeth Hertel to answer questions surrounding the Whitmer administration’s nursing home policies. “The

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad on Thursday introduced a resolution that would help put an end to legislation being rushed through the legislative process during lame duck sessions. The

LANSING, Mich. — In separate letters sent to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel and the U.S. Department of Justice Wednesday, state Sen. Jim Runestad and some of his Senate Republican

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Jim Runestad made the following statement in the Senate Thursday, calling on Gov. Gretchen Whitmer to prioritize vaccines for the most

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Jim Runestad announced he will be hosting a virtual forum on Monday, Feb. 22 at 6 p.m. on how to appeal

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad volunteered with Meals on Wheels in Hartland Friday to help prepare and load meals for delivery. “The hardworking folks at Meals on Wheels graciously

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan Senate Finance Committee Chairman Sen. Jim Runestad said the committee will convene this Wednesday, Feb. 17 at noon to review the unfunded liabilities of local governments’

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad announced that the Appropriations Subcommittee on Military and Veterans Affairs/State Police will meet today, Thursday, Feb. 4 at 1 p.m. to discuss possible Freedom

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad, R-White Lake, issued the following statement Wednesday regarding Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s continued refusal to let Michigan students play high school and youth sports: “Since

By Sen. Jim Runestad 15th Senate District First it was the disastrous policy of placing COVID-19-positive patients into nursing homes. Then it was the forced isolation, with confusing and contradictory

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Jim Runestad on Tuesday reintroduced legislation to better protect nursing home residents from abuse and neglect. Senate Bill 33 would establish the right of a resident