Senator Thomas A. Albert's Press Releases

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Thomas Albert this week introduced legislation to protect kids from harmful online influences in regard to social media and pornography. Albert’s legislation would put guardrails around social media use by requiring children under age 16 to obtain parental consent before creating accounts. His plan also would strengthen age verification processes to prevent minors under age 18 from accessing pornographic sites. “I

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Thomas Albert has scheduled in-district office hours to meet with residents in two locations on Friday, March 21. The times and locations for the office hours are: 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at Biggby Coffee, 11826 Fulton St. E in Lowell. 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. at Lake Odessa Community Library, 1007 Fourth Ave. in Lake Odessa. Local office hours in other parts of

LANSING, Mich. — As the annual switch to daylight saving time approaches, state Sen. Thomas Albert is again seeking to let Michigan voters decide its future. Albert, R-Lowell, this week introduced Senate Bill 126. If approved by the Michigan Legislature, SB 126 would put the question of whether to continue observing daylight saving time on the ballot for Michigan voters in the November 2026 election. “Is

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Thomas Albert, R-Lowell, welcomed Battle Creek Chief of Police Shannon Bagley to the Michigan Capitol on Wednesday night as his guest for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2025 State of the State address. Bagley joined the Battle Creek Police Department in 2021 as its investigations deputy chief and became police chief in 2023. Before Bagley joined the BCPD, he was a captain with

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Thomas Albert, R-Lowell, on Wednesday issued the following statement in response to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s 2025 State of the State address: “Gov. Whitmer sounded bipartisan in her annual State of the State address, and hopefully, those words will be backed up with meaningful action in the coming year. “The centralized, big government approach that Democrats mandated during their years of complete

LANSING, Mich. — State Sen. Thomas Albert has scheduled in-district office hours to meet with residents in two locations on Friday, Feb. 28. The times and locations for the office hours are: 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Hastings City Hall, Council Chambers, 201 E. State St. in Hastings. 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Biggby Coffee, 1114 W. Superior St. in Wayland. Local office hours in