Senator Dan Lauwers' Press Releases

Lauwers encourages residents to voice opinion on MIOSHA rules

LANSING, Mich. — State Senate Majority Floor Leader Dan Lauwers on Thursday encouraged residents to make their voices heard regarding the governor’s restrictive Michigan Occupational Safety and Health Administration workplace safety rules, which the administration is seeking to make permanent. “Michigan is emerging from the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Lauwers, R-Brockway Township. “At this critical stage, as more and more people are vaccinated and are returning to

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Senate panel approves horse racing package

Bills pass with unanimous support ahead of Preakness Stakes LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate Agriculture Committee Thursday voted unanimously to approve a four-bill package aimed at bringing back a once $1.2 billion horse racing industry to the state of Michigan. One of the bills in the four-bill package, Senate Bill 396, sponsored by Senate Majority Floor Leader Dan Lauwers, would allow for Historical Horse Racing

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Horse racing package has first hearing ahead of 147th running of Kentucky Derby

Bipartisan bills to bring additional funding for horse racing, industry LANSING, Mich. — Senate Majority Floor Leader Dan Lauwers testified before the Senate Agriculture Committee Thursday on a four-bill package aimed at bringing back a once $1.2 billion horse racing industry. Senate Bill 396, sponsored by Lauwers, allows for Historical Horse Racing (HHR), an electronic gaming system that uses pari-mutuel wagering on randomly selected outcomes of

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Lauwers co-sponsors senior income tax relief bill

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Majority Floor Leader Dan Lauwers co-sponsored a bill Thursday to provide income tax relief for seniors. Senate Bill 359 would amend Michigan’s pension tax deduction to allow all residents 67 or older a deduction against all income, not just pensions. “Michigan’s seniors have worked hard all their lives and deserve to live their golden years unencumbered by excessive taxation,” said Lauwers, R-Brockway

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Lauwers to Attorney General Nessel: End the political weaponry

‘Our attorney general is putting politics before people’ LANSING, Mich. — Senate Majority Floor Leader Dan Lauwers issued the following statement Friday after he and several of his Senate colleagues sent a letter to Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel requesting that she end her office’s selective enforcement of some laws and not others: “Marlena Pavlos-Hackney is an immigrant from a communist regime who came to Holland,

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Lauwers introduces legislation to improve election integrity

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Majority Floor Leader Dan Lauwers introduced legislation Wednesday to help safeguard secure elections in the state and give every voter confidence in the results. Lauwers’ measure is part of a comprehensive, 39-bill package introduced by Senate Republicans to ensure election access and integrity in Michigan and to restore trust in a system vital to democracy in the state. “Everyone must have confidence

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