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. Congress Can Learn a Lot from State Legislatures – State legislatures tend to act quicker and more efficient than Congress. What could our national leaders learn […]

Attorney General Dana Nessel joined Attorneys General in 49 states and Washington D.C., and 12 telecom providers, in an agreement to fight illegal robocalls. The Anti-Robocall Principles were established amongst the group to help protect residents from illegal robocalls and aim to make it easier for states to investigate and prosecute bad actors. Phone companies […]

The Senate Advice and Consent Committee has scheduled a hearing on September 12 to consider the appointment of Tremaine Phillips to the Michigan Public Service Commission. Mr. Phillips was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to the commission in mid-July following the vacancy left by Norm Saari, whose term on the board ended on July 2, […]

This week, the House of Representatives voted to adopt a resolution urging State Representative Larry Inman to resign from his seat. In May, Representative Inman was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly offering to trade a vote for a campaign donation. The vote in question was on repealing Michigan’s prevailing wage law and […]

This week, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission voted to dismiss Agustin Arbulu as director of the Department of Civil Rights. The removal comes after the former director was accused of making inappropriate comments. Since the allegations last month, legislative leaders and Governor Gretchen Whitmer called for him to either resign or be removed by the […]

Legislation introduced by Representative Steve Johnson (R-Shelbyville) would clarify the constitutional authority of the Auditor General to access and examine electronically stored and confidential information during an audit. Under the Michigan Constitution, the Office of the Auditor General is tasked with conducting financial and performance audits of all state government operations. The way the law […]

In observance of Labor Day, the MLC offices will be closed on Monday, September 2. The House is scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday, while the Senate is scheduled to hold session Wednesday and Thursday.

Michigan offers a myriad of settings to run in unique and beautiful places.  Fifteen years ago, I was provided an opportunity I couldn’t turn down – one of the most unique there is and established by a former governor’s quick step.   Most everyone is familiar with the Labor Day Mackinac Bridge Walk, hosted annually […]