Senator Aric Nesbitt's Press Releases

Nesbitt: State revenue projections support permanent income tax cut, responsible government spending

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, issued the following statement after state fiscal and economic leaders made their economic and state tax revenue projections — including a more than $1.3 billion general fund surplus — during Friday’s annual January Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference: “Despite Gov. Whitmer and Lansing Democrats blowing through the state’s $9.2 billion budget surplus in record time, the state

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Nesbitt calls for reform of UIA following latest audit report showing millions paid to dead, incarcerated people

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, issued the following statement Wednesday after Michigan’s nonpartisan Office of the Auditor General reported the Whitmer administration’s Unemployment Insurance Agency made an estimated $245.1 million in improper payments to deceased people, incarcerated inmates, individuals too young or too old to receive unemployment and the department’s own employees between January 2020 and October 2022: “This is another

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Nesbitt: Michigan needs leadership, not more taxes

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, made the following statement Thursday after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s appointed population council, the council to which she refused to appoint a member of the Senate Republican caucus, announced its recommendations at its final meeting: “After Gov. Whitmer and her Democrat legislators blew through our state’s record budget surplus in less than a year in order to

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Nesbitt celebrates Line 5 tunnel approval: ‘Critical energy source for Michiganders’

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Friday released the following statement after the Michigan Public Service Commission approved the Line 5 tunnel under the Straits of Mackinac: “I applaud the MPSC for withstanding political pressure from those seeking to appease environmental groups or polish their resumes for higher office and ruling that Line 5 is a critical energy source for Michiganders.

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Nesbitt mourns ‘dark day’ for Michigan as radical energy policy signed

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Tuesday issued the following statement after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation to overhaul Michigan’s energy policy and give Lansing bureaucrats power to overrule local government authority: “This is a dark day for hardworking Michigan families, farmers, and small business owners. While the people of Michigan are still struggling with higher costs, Lansing Democrats are applauding

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Nesbitt on early adjournment: Dems ‘can’t impose any more harmful policies on struggling Michigan families’

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Thursday released the following statement after Democrats voted to adjourn the Legislature historic early for the remainder of 2023: “If I could describe this past year in a couple of words, it would be ‘missed opportunity.’ And with this Democrat majority pushing to start their Christmas break early, it seems my description will remain accurate.

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