Senator Aric Nesbitt's Press Releases

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republicans today announced their “Roadmap for a Better Michigan,” a plan to improve the lives of every Michigander, keep our economy strong, and avoid a second “Lost Decade.” “In only a few short months, Gov. Whitmer and the new Democratic majority have recklessly wasted a historic budget surplus and passed laws that threaten to drive our economy back into the same ditch

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, on Thursday issued the following statement condemning the Senate Appropriations Committee’s approval of state funding for Gotion’s battery plant near Big Rapids: “Once again the new Democratic majority is putting big corporations over struggling families by squandering our state’s historic budget surplus on bad business deals. These tax dollars should be going back into the pockets

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, former House Speaker Kevin Cotter, former Gov. Rick Snyder, and former Senate Majority Leader Arlan Meekhof on Tuesday issued the following statements after Attorney General Dana Nessel announced Opinion No. 7320, stating that her opinion is that the scheduled income tax rate cut under a 2015 law is for one year only and not a permanent

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, issued the following statement Tuesday after partisan legislation to reinstate prevailing wage requirements in Michigan was sent to the governor to be signed: “Studies have shown time and time again that prevailing wage laws cost taxpayers millions more for roads, bridges and schools each year. This heavy-handed government favoritism will benefit few and harm our shared

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, made the following statement Thursday after Senate Democrats passed bills to restrict gun rights and rejected a $1 billion investment to make schools and communities more secure from gun violence: “We can all agree that there is a need to address the increasing pattern of violence we see across our communities. I get the passion, the

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt, R-Porter Township, issued the following statement Tuesday after partisan legislation to repeal Right to Work and restore prevailing wage laws were passed in the Senate: “It has become painfully clear the narrow Democratic majority in the Legislature care little about improving the lives of Michigan workers and taxpayers and more about padding the pockets of their most powerful