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Representative Michael Webber (R-Rochester Hills) introduced legislation this week allowing municipalities the option to establish drinking areas where people can purchase alcoholic beverages on the go. In areas where “social districts” are in place, people of legal drinking age can walk around in public with an alcohol beverage as long as they remain within the […]

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced that all registered voters in Michigan will receive an application to vote by mail in the August and November elections. Of the 7.7 million registered voters in the state, about 1.3 million are on the permanent absent voter list, and their local election clerk mails them applications ahead of […]

In observance of Memorial Day, the MLC office will be closed on Monday, May 25. The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday.

Coffee. Answer emails. Call. Conference call. Email. Zoom. Walk around the house. Zoom. Call. Lunch. Zoom. GoToMeeting. (Who still uses GoToMeeting?) Call. Return call. Yell at the kids to settle down and get back to work. Call. Call. Tell the kids they are done for the day. Zoom. Answer emails. Start dinner. Or, maybe have […]

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. ‘The Coronavirus Damage Runs Deep:’ How the Coronavirus is Shattering the World Order – There were problems prior to the pandemic, but the incredible stress of […]

MLC lobbyist Matt Sowash discussed how social distancing has changed the ways elected officials are interacting with their constituents. The biannual Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference was held, where it was agreed the state will have significantly less funds available when crafting the upcoming Fiscal Year budget. Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the plaintiffs in the Gary […]

Today the biannual Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference (CREC) was held, where it was agreed the state will have significantly less funds available when crafting the upcoming Fiscal Year budget. Today’s conference is a follow-up to January’s conference, where updated economic data is used to review, and adjust when necessary, the anticipated revenue to the state. […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer and the plaintiffs in the Gary B. literacy case signed a settlement agreement that resolves all of the plaintiffs’ claims against all of the defendants. The case brought into question whether students in Detroit have a fundamental right to literacy. The lawsuit was filed against former Governor Rick Snyder in 2016. Other […]