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. The World’s Largest Ocean Cleanup Has Officially Begun – A massive project has started to clean up the 1.8 trillion pieces of trash in our oceans. […]

If you’re a fan of “Fun With Flags” on the Big Bang Theory, then MLC lobbyist Cami Pendell’s latest blog post is for you. Governor Gretchen Whitmer created a census committee to ensure Michigan is ready for the 2020 Census. The House passed several budgets for the upcoming fiscal year, moving the process forward. Representative […]

With the national census taking place next year, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an executive order to ensure Michigan is ready. Census’ are important because the federal government uses that data for funding and for allocating congressional representation. The census data will also be used to redraw state House and Senate districts. Executive Order 2019-15 creates […]

Moving forward in the process, this week the House passed several budgets for the upcoming 2019-2020 Fiscal Year. Aspects of the budgets include: 1% increase to community colleges 7% increase to universities 4% increase to K-12 funding Per-pupil funding increase of $90-$180 An additional $81.3 million in constitutional revenue sharing, meant to off-set the reduced […]

Representative Lynn Afendoulis (R-Grand Rapids Twp.) introduced legislation she believes will add more accountability to the state’s campaign finance laws. The plan would create a minimum penalty for fines imposed for violations of campaign finance laws. According to the bill sponsor, the current system has been insignificant and ineffective. The bill requires the Secretary of […]

In an effort to streamline and better coordinate efforts to meet the state’s business and labor needs, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed an Executive Order renaming and reorganizing one state department. The new department is called the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity (LEO) and replaces the Department of Talent and Economic Development (TED). The department […]

The Flint Water Crisis prosecution team has dismissed without prejudice all pending criminal cases brought by the former Office of Special Council (OSC) in order to conduct their own investigation. The team is headed by Solicitor General Fadwa Hammoud and Wayne County Prosuector Kym Worthy. In a joint statement they stated, “Upon assuming responsibility of […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule.