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. Trump Impeachment Trial: Is US Politics Beyond the Point of Repair? – Will the US ever move away from the current hyper-partisanship that has taken over […]

While the bitter January temperatures may have you dismayed, in his latest blog post MLC lobbyist Brendan Ringlever shared why Michigan is actually a great place to live and work. Governor Gretchen Whitmer presented her Executive Budget recommendations for the upcoming 2020-2021 Fiscal Year. The legislature is moving forward with a bill package that would […]

The legislature is moving forward with a bill package that would modernize the state’s ticket laws.  Currently, Michigan is one of only six states prohibiting the resale of tickets, regardless of the resale price. The proposal would update the laws, while providing consumer protections. Specifically, it would allow consumers the right to sell their tickets […]

This week, the House Transportation Committee heard testimony on the governor’s plan to issue bonds to pay for improvements to roads and bridges in Michigan. The Department of Transportation Director Paul Ajegba was on hand to provide an overview of the strategy. First called for in the State of the State, the plan, known as […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed three bills into law this week which help responsibly promote MI Festivals, Events & Spirits.  The changes to the MI Liquor Control Code allow for a special licenses for certain qualified organizations to host spirit sampling events up to six times per year, allows a spirit vendor to provide a festival […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed into law a package of bills extending the sunset date and creating reporting requirements on Michigan’s very popular Dropout Recovery Program. The program is utilized by public school districts throughout Michigan to assist students with completing their high school degree after dropping out of school. It was created in 2012 to […]

Representative Mark Huizenga (R-Walker) presented to the House Appropriations Committee on the findings and recommendations of a task force reviewing IT projects in the state. As chair of the bipartisan Information Technology Task Force, Representative Huizenga reported the findings to the committee regarding the trend of overspending in IT projects by the state. “We wanted […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule. House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees will begin to hold budget hearings on the departments, and programs, within their purview.