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. Seeing Isn’t Believing – With the rise of manipulated videos online, this article provides ways for you to decipher truth from fiction. The Trump Economy House […]

In his latest blog post, MLC lobbyist Tony Des Chenes explored the theories behind how the seventh-inning stretch in baseball started. The House Tax Policy Committee reported legislation that would put into law the mandate that online sellers collect the 6% state sales tax on all purchases. The May 2019 unemployment rate increased slightly to […]

The House Tax Policy Committee reported legislation that would put into law the mandate that online sellers collect the 6% state sales tax on all purchases. This proposal would codify into law the state practice that began in October 2018, following the U.S. Supreme Court decision, commonly known as the Wayfair ruling. Under the legislation, […]

Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate for May 2019 increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.2%. During the month total employment was unchanged, while the number of unemployed moved up by 5,000. Last months’ rate was six-tenths higher than the national rate of 3.6%. In the Detroit-Warren-Dearborn Metropolitan Statistical Area, the unemployment rate increased […]

In the hopes of developing strategies that support and promote opportunities in Michigan for girls and women in sports, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order creating a task force to help accomplish that goal. The Task Force on Women in Sports will be housed within the Department of State and chaired by Secretary of […]

In a change to current law, one legislator is seeking to reform the voting process during lame-duck. Introduced by Representative Lori Stone (D-Warren), House Joint Resolution L, would increase the threshold for passing legislation from the current simple majority to a two-thirds majority for any piece of legislation introduced during lame duck. Every two years, […]

The Senate is scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday. While the House is tentatively scheduled to hold session on Wednesday, June 26.

It’s summer, or at least that’s what the calendar says.  Summer is when many of us head to the ball park to catch a baseball game.  Baseball has a tradition, unlike no other major sport in America, called the “seventh-inning stretch”.  Of the other three major sports; football and basketball have halftimes, while hockey has […]