Senator Jon Bumstead's Press Releases

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Appropriations Minority Vice Chair Jon Bumstead, R-North Muskegon, on Wednesday released the following statement following the governor’s proposed budget presentation: “Today, the governor presented the largest budget in state history, totaling $79 billion. This historic budget proposal is troubling because she also is working hard to squash an automatic tax cut that will benefit every hardworking taxpayer in our state. The people

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Appropriations Minority Vice Chair Jon Bumstead and Senate Republican Leader Aric Nesbitt on Tuesday outlined seven budget priorities ahead of the governor’s scheduled budget recommendation presentation before a joint meeting of the Senate and House Appropriations committees. “Budgets are statements of priorities, and our priorities in Lansing should match the priorities of the hardworking taxpayers from all across the state, who elected

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Jon Bumstead on Thursday applauded the release of initial Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) grant award recipients, which included $11.4 million for the city of Muskegon Heights. “Over the past few years, former Muskegon Heights City Manager Troy Bell and I worked together on projects that would greatly benefit the city of Muskegon Heights,” said Bumstead, R-North Muskegon. Grant funding for

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Jon Bumstead, R-North Muskegon, issued the following statements on Wednesday in response to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2023 State of the State address: “I appreciated the governor returning to the Capitol for her speech this evening and hearing her thoughts on many of the important issues directly impacting the people of our state. I look forward to working with her where there is common

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Appropriations Minority Vice Chair Jon Bumstead, R-North Muskegon, made the following statement after state fiscal and economic leaders made their economic and state tax revenue projections during Friday’s annual January Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference: “Today’s report reminds us that the state continues to operate with historic levels of projected budget surplus while the people of Michigan continue to struggle from record inflation

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Jon Bumstead celebrated a $60 million legislative transfer from the SOAR fund for the Southeast Regional Force Main project in Muskegon County that was approved by the House Appropriations Committee in the final hours of the 101st Legislature on Wednesday evening. The project will benefit the city of Coopersville, Polkton Township, Ravenna Township, and the village of Ravenna, providing wastewater transport