Insider Intelligence

Michigan’s K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and local units of government are now eligible for funding through the Native American Heritage Fund (NAHF) to defray the costs of projects that promote positive relationships and accurate information about the history and role of Michigan’s Indian tribes and Native Americans in the state. To view application information online, […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule. The annual Tulip Time festival will be held in Holland from May 4 – 12. For more information, please visit https://www.tuliptime.com/.

When making a trip to the Capitol to meet with legislators, visitors will often hear their meeting is in either the HOB or BOB office buildings.  Those acronyms stand for the Anderson House Office Building (HOB), the offices for the House of Representatives and the Binsfeld Office Building (BOB), which is where Senate offices 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.  When No News Isn’t Good News: What the Decline of Newspapers Means for Government – As newspaper jobs continue to decline, recent studies have shown there […]

The Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee reported their budget this week without including Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed 45-cent gas tax increase. In order to fund repairs to roads and bridges, the subcommittee instead fully implemented the road funding plan passed in 2015 one year earlier than is required under the law. The proposed appropriation totals $600 […]

The State Board of Education is one step closer to selecting the next State Superintendent after choosing the three finalists. Following two days of public interviews and deliberation, the board announced the three finalists: Brenda Cassellius – Immediate past Minnesota Commissioner of Education Michael Rice – Superintendent of Kalamazoo Public Schools Jeanice Swift – Superintendent […]

Attorney General Dana Nessel has established a unit devoted to investigating claims of payroll fraud or misclassification. The Payroll Fraud Enforcement Unit will work with other departments and agencies to investigate and take appropriate actions under existing law when warranted. According to the Attorney General, the unit is meant to crack down on companies that […]

Electoral votes would be awarded by congressional district, instead of the current winner-take-all system, under legislation introduced by Representative Beau LaFave (R-Iron Mountain). Under the proposal, each political party would continue to choose candidates for presidential electors during its state convention. One presidential elector would be chosen from each congressional district, and two electors at […]