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I love baseball.  I love playing it and watching it. It is a game that delights the senses and engages the mind. Everything about it is spectacular. The smell of a well-oiled glove. The smack when the leather ball hits the wood bat. The slight repositioning of the fielders in an attempt to gain a […]

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. A Plan for Managing (Constant) Interruptions at Work – Interruptions are a part of work life. Here is one simple tip to help you reduce attention […]

MLC lobbyist Matt Sowash shared how the pandemic is threating the summer traditions that many in Michigan look forward to during the cold winter months. A look at the 7th Michigan House primary race in Wayne County. An overview of the race for the open 8th Michigan House seat in Wayne County. Michigan moved one […]

Michigan is one step closer to finalizing the state’s first-ever Independent Redistricting Commission. This week, 200 semi-finalists were selected through random selection from a pool of 9,326 applications. The semi-finalists are comprised of 60 applicants who affiliate with the Democratic Party, 60 with the Republican Party, and 80 applicants who don’t affiliate with either party. […]

In an effort to increase access to health care for Michigan residents, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of bills into law allowing for telemedicine and remote patient monitoring. The bipartisan package of bills changes the law to allow patients to visit their health care provider virtually from their home, school, or wherever their provider […]

This week a proposal was announced that aims to get students back into classrooms this fall in a safe manner given the continuing presence of COVID-19 in our lives. It would utilize federal Coronavirus Relief Funds to cover the $1.3 billion in appropriations outlined in the proposal. The plan, announced by Senate Majority Leader Mike […]

Legislation introduced this week aims to help schools and colleges save money on their electricity bills. Under the proposal, introduced by Representative John Reilly (R-Oakland Twp.), K-12 schools, community colleges, and universities, could buy electricity from any provider they chose. Currently, many educational institutions do not have the option to capitalize on potential savings through […]