Insider Intelligence

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. Productivity Is About Systems, Not Your People – There are four organizational wide changes that when implemented can improve productivity and efficiency. Imagine a Hiring Process […]

This week the House approved of a bill providing $465 million to support the state’s COVID-19 response, which includes $443.3 million from the state’s General Fund and $21.7 million in Federal funds. Most notably, the bill provides $220 million to temporarily extend unemployment benefits. The supplemental appropriation also provides: $55 million to provide grants of […]

This year, the legislature will adjourn sine die on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Sine Die is literally Latin for “without day.” For the legislature that means they have not set a date to reconvene, therefore it’s the final adjournment of the year. This is a requirement under the Michigan Constitution and triggers important events for […]

A year unlike any other!  As with most other sectors, Michigan’s state government greatly adjusted its planned priorities this past year to focus on responding to the pandemic.  However, while most industries were either required by the governor’s executive orders to shut down completely or partially with so many performing work remotely, the legislature met […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has appointed Katherine Peretick to serve as a commissioner on the Michigan Public Service Commission. She currently serves as director of engineering at an energy storage project developer.  Prior to that worked in several companies in various roles including engineering manager and a mechanical engineer. In 2020, she was named to the […]

In observance of the holiday season, the MLC offices will be closed beginning on December 24 and will reopen on Monday, January 4, 2021.

The holiday season is upon us.  I don’t know about you, but I like this time of year as things begin to slow down (although if you work in and around the legislature, you can never be sure when, and if, it WILL slow down!). You’ve got a few days off.  Family comes to town.  […]

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. Are We on the Verge of Another Financial Crisis? – Could climate change be the culprit of our next financial crisis? In 2021, the 9-to-5 Will […]