State Reps. Laura Cox of Livonia and Tom Barrett of Potterville testified before the House Law and Justice Committee today in support of legislation that prohibits intentionally pointing a laser or a directed energy device at or in the path of aircraft, including helicopters and airplanes. Also testifying in support of the two-bill package were…
State Rep. Laura Cox of Livonia, chair of the House Appropriations Committee, today made the following statement after Gov. Rick Snyder unveiled his budget recommendations for fiscal year 2018: “I appreciate the governor’s work on the budget and look forward to working with my House colleagues and the Senate to create an efficient and effective…
State Reps. Laura Cox, of Livonia, and Tom Barrett, of Potterville, have introduced a package of bills that will prohibit an individual from pointing a laser directly at, or in the path of, an aircraft. “This is a public safety issue,” said Rep. Cox. “A laser pointer beam width at altitude is much larger and…
State Rep. Laura Cox, R-Livonia, chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, today issued this statement regarding Gov. Rick Snyder’s 2017 State of the State address: “Like the governor, I believe we should stay the course that has been charted during the past six years. We have had real results with a healthier economy and…
State Rep. Laura Cox is joined by Livonia mayor, Dennis Wright, for the governor’s State of the State address tonight on the House floor. ###
$478 million state budget surplus predicted State Rep. Laura Cox, R-Livonia, chair of the House Committee on Appropriations, made the following statement after today’s Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference, which provides the first forecast of next year’s economic outlook. State economists revealed a prediction that the state will have a $478 million surplus in next…
State Rep. Laura Cox, R-Livonia, was sworn in for her second term by Chief Justice Stephen Markman on the House floor today. She was joined by her family, from back left, son, Conor, daughter, Sinéad, son, Rory, husband, Mike, father, Robert Erpelding, and mother, Marguerite Erpelding. The 99th Michigan Legislature began session today following the…
A bill sponsored by Rep. Laura Cox to address the management of Healthcare Voluntary Employees Beneficiary Association (VEBA) plans was signed today by the Governor. In April 2014, the City of Detroit and the Retired Detroit Police and Fire Fighters Association reached an agreement to create a VEBA trust fund with the sole purpose of…
