Senate Majority Floor Leader Sam Singh (D-East Lansing) advised Sen. Jim Runestad (R-White Lake) today that "sometimes it's not so good to be so emotional here on the Senate floor." Singh called Runestad's zealous remarks on lawmakers voting on budgets that fund their future employers an "emotional outburst."

Sen. Jim Runestad (R-White Lake) on Thursday blasted the Michigan State Police from the Senate floor over its more than $401,000 contract with someone the department investigated, and he called on the department’s top leaders to resign.

Heated exchanges erupted in the Senate Civil Rights, Judiciary and Public Safety Committee Thursday between Sen. Jim Runestad (R-White Lake) and supporters of bills to prohibit immigration enforcement in hospitals, schools and places of worship, as well as outlawing officers from wearing masks or disguises.