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On April 17, Michigan’s extended unemployment benefits program ended due to Michigan’s lower unemployment rate. Extended benefits are available when Michigan’s total unemployment rate averages 6.5% or higher for three consecutive months.  It provides an additional 13-20 weeks of benefits for those who have exhausted their regular benefits and other extension programs. Since the program […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule. Tuesday, April 20 is the filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in special elections for the 8th and 28th Michigan Senate Districts.

Life has a way of presenting defining moments that can forever shape your journey. Whether a moral question is presented, or a personal or professional challenge, each of these moments provide an opportunity to grow.  These moments can be seemingly small and otherwise insignificant, where only in retrospect its significance shows itself.  These moments can […]

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. Have We Taken Agile Too Far? – While being agile may work some of the time, are companies becoming too reliant on it across the spectrum? […]

Given the massive rise in case numbers, positivity rates, and hospitalizations Governor Gretchen Whitmer called on Michigan residents to take steps to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order creating a task force to review the state of forensic science in Michigan and provide policy recommendations. The U.S. Department […]

Given the massive rise in case numbers, positivity rates, and hospitalizations, at a press conference today Governor Gretchen Whitmer called on Michigan residents to take steps to help slow the spread of COVID-19. Experts are tying the rising cases to a lack of compliance by residents and an increase in variants. She also stated Michigan […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order creating a task force to review the state of forensic science in Michigan and provide policy recommendations to the governor on improvements by December 31, 2021. The review includes methodology improvements, processes to address misconduct, and procedures to update stakeholders on developments in forensic science. The task force […]

The U.S. Department of Education denied Michigan’s request to waive the federal requirement to administer the state summative assessments. The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) requested the waiver due to the disruption to schools caused by COVID-19. According to State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice, part of the reason for the request was to allow teachers […]