LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Mike Shirkey (center, back row) and Rep. Eric Leutheuser (right of Shirkey) stand in the Senate chamber Thursday with the 2018 Division 8 state champion Reading High School football […]

LANSING—Senate Majority Leader-elect Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, today announced Senator Ken Horn, R-Frankenmuth, will chair the temporary Senate Committee on Committees. The Committee on Committees is charged with assigning senators to policy committees, the appropriations […]

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey on Monday applauded an initiative by the Michigan Department of Transportation to reduce wrong-way accidents in Jackson County. “Wrong-way crashes can be devastating, since they often include very […]

LANSING—Senate Majority Leader-elect Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, today announced current Senate Majority Chief of Staff Craig Ryan will be named as his chief of staff for the next term beginning January of 2019.  Alisha Cottrell, […]

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, is reminding residents of Hillsdale County of a public town hall next Thursday, Oct. 25 in Hillsdale for a discussion of the ballot initiatives appearing on the […]

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, reminded residents that a coffee hour is scheduled for the 16th Senate District in Quincy on Monday, Oct. 22. All residents are welcome to come for coffee […]

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, is reminding residents of Branch County of a public town hall Monday, Oct. 22 in Coldwater for a discussion of the ballot initiatives appearing on the November […]

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, is reminding residents of Jackson County of a public town hall next Friday, Oct. 12 in Brooklyn for a discussion of the ballot initiatives appearing on the […]

Shirkey also hosting October coffee hour LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, has announced that three public town halls to discuss the November ballot initiatives have been scheduled for the 16th Senate District […]

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, announced that a coffee hour is scheduled for the 16th Senate District in Hillsdale next Monday, Sept. 24. All residents are welcome to come for coffee and […]

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey has been working with the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to improve the safety of a busy intersection along U.S. 127. Following up on constituent concerns, Shirkey has […]

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) has completed its survey along the Wamplers Lake Road section of M124 in preparation for significant 2019 construction on that road. Sen. Mike Shirkey has […]

LANSING, Mich. — Gov. Rick Snyder has signed into law Public Act 208 of 2018, establishing workforce engagement requirements for Healthy Michigan Medicaid recipients, said bill sponsor Sen. Mike Shirkey. The law requires able-bodied […]

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey voted to approve an additional $330 million in road funding for the 2018-2019 state budget. This is the eighth year in a row the Republican-led Legislature has passed […]

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey voted to approve an additional $330 million in road funding for the 2018-2019 state budgets. This is the eighth year in a row that the Republican-led Legislature has […]

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey and the Michigan Legislature on Wednesday approved a ballot initiative to repeal Michigan’s prevailing wage law. A ballot by labor interest group Protect Michigan Taxpayers received a sufficient […]

LANSING, Mich. — The state Senate finalized legislation Thursday to increase workforce engagement among Healthy Michigan Medicaid recipients. Senate Bill 897 would require able-bodied adults between ages 19 and 62 to spend an average […]

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Mike Shirkey, R-Clarklake, (left) was honored to welcome Master Sgt. Julius Gimesky of the U.S. Army Air Corps and his daughter and son-in-law to the Michigan capitol Thursday. Gimesky was […]

LANSING, Mich. — The Michigan Senate on Thursday approved Sen. Mike Shirkey’s legislation to reduce health insurance costs and enact a reliable source of funding for the state’s Medicaid program. “It is finally time […]