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For the first time since October 2018, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in Michigan last month increased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.1%. Despite this increase, the rate was two-tenths of a percentage point below the April 2018 rate of 4.3%. Last month, total employment grew by 7,000, while unemployment increased by 4,000, […]

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

Last week the Michigan House and Senate passed reforms to Michigan’s auto no-fault insurance system. In recent polling data, vehicle insurance rates are listed as one of the top two issues for Michigan voters. During the 2018 election cycle, auto insurance rates were a main policy theme of candidates on both sides of the aisle. […]

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 Last Column – A collection of writings by journalists who died while reporting the news. What’s the Secret to Reaching 111? ‘Avoid Dying,’ but ‘Porridge […]

In his latest post, MLC lobbyist and procurement specialist Tony Des Chenes shared how Artificial Intelligence may become more ubiquitous in state government in the future. The House and Senate both passed versions of legislation that would drastically change Michigan’s current auto insurance system. Steve Gray, a professor and attorney, was selected to lead Michigan’s […]

Michigan’s current auto insurance system would be drastically changed under legislation passed by the House and Senate this week. Though each chamber voted on their own version of the bill, which includes differences that will need to be negotiated, both versions end the current no-fault auto insurance system as we know it today. The House’s […]

Steve Gray, a professor and attorney, was selected this week to lead Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). He is currently the director and founder of the University of Michigan Law School Unemployment Insurance Clinic that uses student representation in unemployment insurance cases to train over 150 first-year law students per year. He is also a […]

Dr. Michael Rice was selected this week by the State Board of Education to serve as the new State Superintendent. The board has undergone a lengthy process of interviews to find a new superintendent following the death of former State Superintendent Brian Whiston in May 2018. Following the final round of interviews on May 7, […]