Insider Intelligence

A statewide audit of elections results affirmed Michigan’s vote-counting machines are accurate and President Joe Biden won the state’s November 3, 2020 presidential election. Hundreds of Democratic, Republican, and nonpartisan municipal and county clerks from more than 1,300 local jurisdictions participated in the auditing exercise, hand counting more than randomly selected ballots. In the hand […]

The House Elections and Ethics Committee heard testimony this week on legislation that would change lame duck as we know it. Lame duck, the period between a general election and the end of a two-year legislative term, has historically been controversial. Under House Joint Resolution A, introduced by Speaker Jason Wentworth (R-Clare), would amend the […]

Michigan can lift millions out of poverty, but it will require new initiatives, expanded state policies, and a significant financial investment. The findings from the Michigan Poverty Task Force were presented to Governor Gretchen Whitmer this week and include 35 policy recommendations, organized in five main areas: Benefits: Commission a comprehensive study on outcomes for […]

Legislation introduced by Senator Aric Nesbitt (R-Lawton) was passed by the Senate this week, which seeks to improve access to reliable broadband internet. The need for access to broadband become even more clear during the pandemic when much of the state work either working from home or participating in virtual learning. The measure would increase […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday. On Wednesday, February. 24, the U.P. Energy Task Force will hold an online public meeting beginning at 1 p.m. For more information, please click here.

So … how are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? Still on track?  Did you even make any this year? Remember all the corny jokes we made about having that “2020 vision in 2020” as we put 2019 in the rear-view mirror?  How silly we were … if we had only known then what we know […]

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. Why Your Value Belongs at Work – Research shows there are many benefits to employees using traditional “work time” to promote social causes they care about. […]

This week, members of the Senate Republican caucus announced a plan providing $2 billion in funding to aid the state’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed funding includes: $110 million for vaccine distribution $170 million to increase pay for direct care workers $220 million in emergency rental assistance $150 million to keep the […]