Insider Intelligence

Attorney General Dana Nessel has announced the establishment of a four-member Wrongful Imprisonment Compensation Act (WICA) Board. The board is tasked with reviewing each request and making recommendations on key decisions in the litigation of these cases. Additionally, the Attorney General established a protocol to help claims undergo a thorough and systematic assessment before a […]

This week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced appointments to the Michigan Women’s Commission, along with a new director. Serving as the Commissions’ Executive Director will be Cheryl Bergman. Ms. Bergman currently owns a fundraising consulting firm and is a senior advisor for Whitmer for Governor. Prior to that, she served as the agency relations director for […]

Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a bipartisan group of 21 Attorneys General to urge congress to pass legislation that allows legal marijuana businesses to access the federal banking system. Under existing law, financial institutions are prohibited from providing banking services to marijuana business in the states that have legalized medical or recreational marijuana. As […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session Wednesday – Thursday. The U.P. Energy Task Force is meeting in Sault Ste. Marie on October 1, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. For more information, please visit Michigan.gov/UPEnergyTaskForce.

Across the country there has been a wave of resignations and retirements from members of congress who have served only a short time after spending significant personal energy to become elected. Since January, 22 members of congress have left or have announced they will retire at the end of the term. Of those, 18 are […]

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. 1 in 4 Female Founders Have Considered Running for Office – An annual survey of women entrepreneurs found their political leanings vary from their male counterparts. […]

Do you know why September 17th is an important date in our nation’s history? In her latest post MLC lobbyist Cami Pendell shared why it’s a day to reflect and celebrate. Manipulating or limiting content on social networks would be outlawed in Michigan under a proposal by Representative John Reilly (R-Oakland Twp.). Legislation was introduced […]

Manipulating or limiting content on social networks would be outlawed in Michigan under a proposal by Representative John Reilly (R-Oakland Twp.). While providing testimony before the House Communications and Technology Committee this week, Representative Reilly stated his bill would ensure social media networks presenting themselves as content and viewpoint neutral treat all viewpoints equally. He […]