Insider Intelligence

The House of Representatives approved legislation that increases penalties for disarming or attempting to disarm a police officer. Under the bill, the maximum sentence for attempting to disarm a police officer would increase from a five-year felony to a 10-year felony. It also increased the penalty for disarming a police officer from a 10-year felony […]

A package of legislation was reported by the Senate Judiciary and Public Safety Committee which under certain circumstances allows a person’s address to be omitted from certain government documents. The program would be run by the Department of the Attorney General who would be responsible for reviewing applications to participate in the program. Participants may […]

More areas that have been disproportionately impacted by marijuana prohibition and enforcement could be designated as part of the Social Equity Program under an expansion of regions announced this week. The Michigan Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act of 2018 required the Marijuana Regulatory Agency (MRA) to develop “a plan to promote and encourage participation […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session on Tuesday and Thursday. The Michigan Progressive Women’s Caucus will hold a town hall hosted by Representative Tenisha Yancey on Wednesday, October 9 at 6 p.m. on the campus of Wayne County Community College. For more information, please visit https://miprogressivewomen.com/ or to view the flyer with […]

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 Logos of All 11 Democratic Presidential Candidates, Ranked – Professionals reviewed and ranked the logos to see which candidates have the best branding. The 2020 […]

Is serving in congress the best job out there? While looking at recent retirements, MLC lobbyist Matt Sowash explored why that may not be the case. Following months of negotiations, the legislature voted to approve the budgets for the upcoming 2019-2020 fiscal year and sent them to Governor Gretchen Whitmer for consideration. Representative Kara Hope […]

This week the legislature voted to approve the budgets for the upcoming 2019-2020 fiscal year. Following months of negotiations, both the House and Senate passed the budget bills funding the various departments and agencies. The bills will now be sent to Governor Gretchen Whitmer for consideration. She can either sign each of the bills, veto […]

Representative Kara Hope (D-Holt) introduced legislation that places requirements on employers to provide information on future work schedules. Known as “predictive scheduling,” under the legislation an employer would have to provide work schedules at least 14-days in advance. Once posted, any changes need to occur with advance notice and the employee can decline any work […]