Senator Lana Theis' Press Releases

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Lana Theis, R-Brighton, issued the following statement on Thursday, in response to the death of Ruby Garcia, a Grand Rapids woman who was found shot to death along U.S. 131 on March 22. The alleged killer is reported to be Brandon Ortiz-Vite, an illegal immigrant with a prior arrest record. “Ruby Garcia’s death breaks my heart, and I grieve with her

LANSING, Mich. — Sens. Roger Hauck and Lana Theis penned a letter to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer requesting her office to provide the Legislature and the people of Michigan with greater transparency regarding the impact on our state of the ongoing migrant crisis at our southern border. “President Biden’s open border policies have allowed a record number of illegal immigrants to enter the United States — including

LANSING, Mich. — Sens. Jonathan Lindsey and Lana Theis penned a letter to Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) Director Quentin Messer requesting the state suspend any payments to the Gotion battery plant in light of recent national security concerns from current and former federal officials. The letter also asks that the state recoup any funds distributed thus far. “National security experts from both sides of the

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Lana Theis, R-Brighton, released the following statement on Wednesday after the Democrat-led Senate voted to shift local decision-making regarding solar and wind farms to state bureaucrats: “It is clear that Democrats in Lansing will stop at nothing to realize their dream of a green energy future, no matter how bad the outcome will be for ordinary Michiganders. The Senate recently jammed

LANSING, Mich. – State Sen. Lana Theis on Thursday said the Michigan Department of Treasury is offering grants for cities, villages, and townships that are struggling financially to help fund special projects and free up revenues for important local services. “Virtually no one has been immune to the effects of high inflation,” said Theis, R-Brighton. “Everything is more expensive and local governments are feeling the impact

LANSING, Mich. — The China-based parent company of Gotion Inc., the subsidiary receiving hundreds of millions of Michigan tax dollars and incentives to construct an electric vehicle battery plant near Big Rapids, self-reported employing 923 members of the Chinese Communist Party, including the CEO. Sen. Lana Theis, R-Brighton, has adamantly opposed the project, which is set to receive $872 million in state and local incentives. The senator