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Last Week on the MLC Blog

Mar 20, 2023

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 […]

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Senate Votes to Repeal Right to Work, Restore Prevailing Wage

Mar 17, 2023

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 […]

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House Republicans Introduce Transparency Package

Mar 17, 2023

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 […]

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Senate Passes Firearm Reforms

Mar 17, 2023

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 […]

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Monthly Revenue Down from the Prior Year

Mar 17, 2023

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 […]

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Looking Ahead to the Week of March 18 – 24, 2023

Mar 17, 2023

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 […]

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Full Circle

Mar 15, 2023

“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 […]

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Five Things We’re Reading

Mar 14, 2023

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? […]

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