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Representative Julie Calley (R-Portland) testified before the House Election and Ethics Committee in support of her plan to remove old and outdated information from Michigan’s Qualified Voter File (QVF). According to her testimony, an audit of the state’s Bureau of Elections released in December 2019 highlighted the need for better procedures to remove or update […]

Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that John VanDeventer will serve as her new chief legal counsel. Prior to that, he worked as an attorney, focusing on commercial bankruptcy. He’s also worked for the Service Employees International Union, for former Governor Jennifer Granholm’s re-election campaign, and with the Michigan Corrections Organization. Mr. VanDeventer earned his law […]

At their state convention last week, the Michigan Republican Party elected a new state party chair. Ron Weiser will serve as the new chair, a post he’s previously held two times. He currently serves on the University of Michigan Board of Regents. Among other jobs, he served as Ambassador to the Slovak Republican from 2001-2005. […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule.

Today, State Budget Director Dave Massaron presented Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s budget recommendations for the upcoming 2021 Fiscal Year, which begins on October 1, 2021, to a joint session of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The budget recommendations total $67.1 billion, which includes a total of $11.4 billion General Fund appropriations and $14.7 billion total […]

Early February is typically when national signing day will take place, where high school athletes sign a National Letter of Intent declaring their college decision. For sports like football and basketball these decisions are watched closely by fans, and the decision of a few key players can result in the turnaround of a college team […]

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. George Shultz, American Statesman, Dies at 100 – A look at the life of one man, who devoted decades of his life to public service. Read […]

Members of the Michigan House Democratic Caucus unveiled their plan to help the state recovery from the pandemic, utilizing federal aid dollars. The plan appropriates the $5 billion in federal stimulus dollars to help Michigan workers, small businesses, families, and schools impacted by COVID-19. Specifically, the bill appropriates: $90 million for vaccine distribution $575 million […]