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In a press conference this afternoon, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced changes to restrictions that were put in place due to a spike in COVID-19 cases last month. According to the governor, the restrictions that have been in place over the last several weeks helped the state lower three key metrics, which has allowed for the […]

The state’s scheduled minimum wage increase is not expected to go into effect on January 1, 2021. Under a 2018 law, the scheduled increases to the minimum wage don’t take effect when the state’s annual unemployment rate for the preceding calendar year is above 8.5%. The annual average rate from January through October is 10.2% […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the appointment of Yasmine Isshak Poles to the 6th Circuit Court in Oakland County. Currently she serves in private practice, specializing in criminal defense, custody, and employment matters. Prior to that Ms. Isshak Poles served as an assistant prosecuting attorney in Macomb County for 12 years. Ms. Isshak Poles is a […]

Nine additional locations in Michigan will soon offer electric vehicle fast charging stations under a second round of grants awarded by the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE). The $448,204 in funding will continue to build out a network of direct current fast chargers the department is partially funding at locations around the […]

The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced that its office of the Clean Water Public Advocate has published the 2020 Annual Accountability Report. The report highlights of the efforts of the Office of the Clean Water Public Advocate, as well as collective efforts between state agencies to improve drinking water quality. Additionally, […]

On Monday, December 21, beginning at 8 am, the House is scheduled to hold their final session day for the year. In celebration of the holiday season, MLC offices will be closed beginning on Thursday, December 24 and will reopen on Monday, January 4.

As home to the largest concentration of Dutch Americans in the country, a small group of us with Grand Rapids ties saw the opportunity to create an organization that could help strengthen the cultural and economic ties between West Michigan and the Kingdom of the Netherlands.  In 2010, the West Michigan Global Initiative (WMGI) was […]

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. Trump Spent $15 Billion on Border Wall but Skipped on Vaccines – The administration turned down offers from Pfizer to purchase more vaccines. Once Out of […]