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MLC lobbyist Amber Chandler shared how embracing new beginnings helped her realize her dream. The Senate approved legislation impacting workers in Michigan. Members of the House Republican Caucus introduced legislation they believe will make Michigan government more transparent to residents. The Senate passed a series of bills making changes to gun laws in Michigan. Michigan’s total […]

This week, the Senate approved legislation impacting workers in Michigan. Named “Restoring Worker’s Rights”, the bills repeal right-to-work laws in Michigan and restore the state’s prevailing wage. Senate Bill 34, sponsored by Senator Darrin Camilleri (D-Trenton), passed in concert with House Bill 4004, will repeal the right-to-work law passed in 2012. The House bill includes […]

Members of the House Republican Caucus introduced legislation they believe will make Michigan government more transparent to residents. The twelve-bill package would extend state open records laws to include the executive office and the legislature, require key staff officials to disclose their finances, makes changes to conflict of interest requirements, and prohibits lawmakers and other […]

This week, the Senate passed a series of bills making changes to gun laws in Michigan. The bills would institute a universal background check, require safe storage of guns, and creates “red flag” laws in the state. Under the safe storage piece, a gun owner with a minor present must follow certain requirements for the […]

Michigan’s total revenue last month came in 9.6% below the February 2022 collections at $1.6 billion. Additionally, the February 2023 tax collections were $100.1 million below the projections adopted at January’s Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference. General Fund dedicated collections were $99 million below estimates, while School Aid Fund collections were $6.2 million above estimates. The […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday. This is the last week prior to the annual two-week legislative break. On Monday, March 20, the Michigan Public Service Commission will host two town halls for customers affected by storm outages. For more information, please click here. Additionally, the Michigan Public Service […]

“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”- Seneca In the Fall of 2021, I set out on a new beginning as a lobbyist for Michigan Legislative Consultants.  As the first in my family to graduate college and gain a professional degree, I was unaware of the career path of lobbying until college.  The […]

Below are some of the articles that the MLC lobby team has been reading this past week. We hope you find them as interesting and useful as we do. 3,700-Year-Old Babylonian Stone Tablet Gets Translated, Changes History – Were the Greeks responsible for trigonometry, or might it have been around thousands of years before that? […]