Senator Michele Hoitenga's Press Releases

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Michele Hoitenga, R-Manton, will host a local in-district office hour on Monday, March 25, to hear from residents and provide updates from the Legislature. The senator will meet with constituents from 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. at Logger’s Depot, 314 W. Houghton Ave. in West Branch. Office hours are open to all residents of the 36th District to express their opinions or concerns

LANSING, Mich. — State Sens. Michele Hoitenga and Jonathan Lindsey on Thursday sent a letter to the Democratic chair of the Senate Committee on Civil Rights, Judiciary, and Public Safety Committee “to respectfully request a hearing on Senate Bills 724 and 725, which would ban so-called sanctuary cities and counties in the state of Michigan.” “As you know, the past few weeks have presented several instances

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Michele Hoitenga on Wednesday said no to legislation to remove voter decision making over certain special assessments for inland lake districts. “While there is a real need to address the issues caused by the impact of weather on fluctuating lake levels, this legislation goes too far by circumventing the voice of the voters living in these special assessment districts,” said Hoitenga,

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Michele Hoitenga on Wednesday introduced Senate Bill 725 as part of a larger package offered by Senate Republicans to enforce U.S. immigration laws in Michigan and better protect local communities from President Joe Biden’s growing border crisis. “The sheer number of illegal migrants pouring into the country under President Joe Biden’s open border policies has made it so that every state

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Michele Hoitenga, R-Manton, on Wednesday released the following statement concerning Michigan’s economic outlook after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2024 State of the State address: “Gov. Whitmer likes to use the phrase bipartisanship, but that has been nonexistent here in Michigan over the past year. Of the 342 projects in the state’s most recent budget, nearly 90% of the money was sent to

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Michele Hoitenga , R-Manton, on Wednesday released the following statement after voting against extreme Democrat legislation to radically alter Michigan’s energy policy and give Lansing bureaucrats power to override local zoning authorities: “It has been made clear by the speed at which Democrats have forced these partisan bills through the Legislature and the lobbyists representing wind turbine and solar panel companies