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The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session on Thursday, April 30, 2020.

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. Beyond Silicon Valley – There might be another successful path for technology start-ups to take. The Digital Burnout Was Coming. The Pandemic Is Expediting It. – […]

In his first blog post, MLC lobbyist Craig Ryan shared what burned Legos taught him about procrastination. The Senate Republican caucus outlined their five-phase plan to reopen the state and allow residents to live life while COVID-19 is still present. Following the passing of Representative Isaac Robinson on March 29, Governor Gretchen Whitmer called for […]

The Senate Republican caucus has outlined their five-phase plan to reopen the state and allow residents to live life while COVID-19 is still present. In their proposal, they redefine “essential” as “safe,” which would allow more places of business to open. It recognizes that different geographic locations are experiencing different levels of the outbreak and […]

Following the passing of Representative Isaac Robinson (D-Detroit) on March 29, Governor Gretchen Whitmer called for a special primary and general election to fill the vacant seat. The special primary election will be held on Tuesday, August 4 and the special general election will be held on Tuesday, November 3. Both dates coincide with the […]

Thus far, the Department of State has processed 4,322 notarized applications to serve on the Michigan Independent Citizens Redistricting Commission. The state is on track this week to surpass the number of final submissions processed by California when it launched a similar commission, despite having a population nearly quadruple that of Michigan. The department has […]

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 13 other Attorneys General in response to a newer policy limiting civil enforcement of Federal environmental laws.  The new policy was issued by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 13, in response to COVID-19, but without an end date. In the policy, the EPA states […]

The Michigan Economic Development Corporation announced the creation of a $3 million Tech Startup Stabilization Fund. The fund will help stabilize early-stage tech startups in the state that are being impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak through direct investments or loans that can be converted into equity. Investment and loan sizes are expected to range between […]