Rep. Ann Bollin, R-Brighton Twp.; audio on plan to restore opioid recovery funding
Rep. Bollin talks about her new HB 5072, which will restore funding to help people recovering from opioid addiction. Gov. Whitmer line-itemed vetoed the $600,000 in funding last week, but Rep. Bollin says the appropriation comes from federal dollars that cannot be spent on anything else.
Rep. Jack O’Malley, R-Lake Ann; audio on impact of scrapping Pure Michigan
House Transportation Committee Chairman Jack O’Malley says he’s concerned about what the loss of Pure Michigan would mean to his district along the Sleeping Bear dunes, but adds the entire state, including its largest city, will suffer. Pure Michigan funding was line item vetoed from the state’s 2020 Fiscal Year budget by the Governor last…
Rep. Mike Mueller, R-Linden; audio on restoration of road patrol funding
Rep. Mueller talks about his new legislation to restore important funding allowing more deputies to patrol on Michigan roads. Secondary road patrol money was stripped out of the state budget through a line-item veto by Gov. Whitmer last week. Rep. Mueller, a retired, 19-year deputy sheriff, says public safety needs to be a priority of…
Rep. Aaron Miller, R-Sturgis; audio on House vote on mental health counselor legislation
Rep. Miller speaks on the House floor Tuesday afternoon, prior to the chamber’s passage of his HB 4325, which codifies the existing code of practice for licensed professional counselors in Michigan. The Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs was considering changing those regulations, a move that would effectively prohibit LPCs from making diagnoses in their…
Rep. Thomas Albert, R-Lowell; audio on Corrections and public safety
Rep. Albert, who chairs the House Appropriations Subcommittee on the Department of Corrections, and who represents an area that is home to a number of Corrections employees, says he’s concerned about the misinformation his neighbors are hearing regarding prison funding and tethers.
Rep. Hank Vaupel, R-Fowlerville; audio on legislation clarifying scope of practice for counselors
House Health Policy Committee Chair Rep. Vaupel talks about HB 4325, which clarifies the scope of practice for counselors in Michigan. Rep. Vaupel says ambiguity in state code and regulations mean legislation is needed for counselors to continue to include making a diagnosis as part of their practices. The plan passed unanimously out of the…
Rep. Ann Bollin, R-Brighton; audio on 2020 budget
Rep. Bollin says she has been listening to Livingston County residents about the 2020 state budget and its impact on her district.
Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield, R-Levering; audio new fiscal year
Speaker Chatfield talks with Capitol reporters on the House floor Thursday afternoon, saying work on the state’s 2020 budget is done and that he wants to move back to priorities.
Rep. Phil Green, R-Millington; audio on future of the Caro Center
Rep. Green talks about how the budget signed into law this week will help build a new 100-bed facility at the Caro Center while demolishing some existing structures. He says a secure future for the Caro Center is the result of the hard work of area residents.
Rep. Brad Paquette, R-Berrien Springs; tele-townhall on auto insurance reform
Rep. Brad Paquette and his special guest, Rep. Jason Wentworth, the Chair of the House Committee on Reforming Car Insurance Rates, listen and answer questions from Berrien County residents on car insurance reform during a September tele-townhall meeting.
Rep. Beau LaFave, R-Iron Mountain; audio on impact of line item vetoes in the U.P.
Rep. LaFave talks about the line item budget vetoes signed by the Governor this week and says U.P. people and priorities will be hurt.
Rep. Mike Mueller, R-Linden; audio on House passage of disarming law enforcement legislation
Rep. Mueller talks about House passage Wednesday of his HB 4315, which is part of a bi-partisan, two-bill package that would increase the maximum sentence for attempting to disarm a police officer from a five-year felony to a 10-year felony and up the penalty for disarming a police officer from a 10-year felony to a…
Rep. Beau LaFave, R-Iron Mountain; audio on House debate on gray wolf resolution
Rep. LaFave talks about House adoption Wednesday of House Resolution 87, which calls on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the Michigan gray wolf from the federal endangered and threatened species list. Rep. LaFave says he was troubled that some downstate Representatives voted against the measure.
Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Houghton; audio on House Resolution on gray wolves
Rep. Markkanen speaks on the floor of the Michigan House Wednesday, prior to adoption of his House Resolution 87, which calls on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to remove the Michigan gray wolf from the federal endangered and threatened species list.
Rep. Rodney Wakeman, R-Saginaw Twp.; audio on line item vetoes
Rep. Wakeman looks at the Governor’s line-item vetoes in the state’s 2020 budget, saying people are being hurt and that he is having a hard time seeing who benefits.
Rep. Greg Markkanen, R-Houghton; audio on budget vetoes
Rep. Markkanen says it’s people who will be hurt by the Governor’s line item vetoes in the state’s 2020 budget.