Senator Michael Webber​'s Press Releases

LANSING, Mich. — Sen. Michael Webber presented on Wednesday, Oct. 9, a state tribute to Rochester Hills resident Joann Kotcher on the floor of the Michigan Senate in honor of her service as a Donut Dolly during the Vietnam War. Kotcher was one of 627 young women who served in the American Red Cross Supplemental Recreation Activities Overseas (SRAO) program during the Vietnam War, joining the

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Health Policy Committee Minority Vice Chair Michael Webber on Tuesday renewed his call for state accountability after it was reported that the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has agreed to pay a $13 million settlement to a dozen patients and employees traumatized during an ill-advised and poorly executed active shooter drill that took place at the former Hawthorn Center in

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Michael Webber, R-Rochester Hills, invites residents of the 9th Senate District to join him for a local office hour session on Oct. 21. Webber will meet with constituents from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, at Sterling Heights Public Library, 40255 Dodge Park Road in Sterling Heights. The meeting will take place in the library conference room. No appointment

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Michael Webber on Tuesday introduced legislation to implement mobile panic alert systems throughout the state’s public and nonpublic schools to ensure real-time coordination between schools, 911, law enforcement and first responders. “My legislation would bring Michigan alongside several other states that have enacted school mobile panic alert systems,” said Webber, R-Rochester Hills. “These critical systems provide a technologically sound framework to

LANSING, Mich. — Senate Republicans on Wednesday called on the Democratic legislative majority to return to the Capitol and get serious about saving an estimated 50,000 jobs now in peril following a recent Michigan Supreme Court ruling that will affect the state’s tipped workers.  “We are speeding head-on toward an economic catastrophe, and the Democrat majority in charge of the legislative calendar seems to have little

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Michael Webber (center), R-Rochester Hills, helped to deliver 50 backpacks filled with school supplies to Rochester Community Schools Deputy Superintendent Dr. Neil DeLuca (right) on Thursday for local students in need of back-to-school support as part of AT&T Pioneers volunteer network. AT&T Michigan External Affairs Director Lori Doughty (left) was present on behalf of AT&T Pioneers.