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Casting a ballot in Michigan just became easier now that all voters can request an absentee ballot.  The next election scheduled is May 7, 2019, and those voters wanting to avoid lines and outdated voting machines can begin requesting an absentee ballot – and don’t need to have a special reason for doing so. For years, […]

Roads and education would see a large boost in funding under Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s executive budget recommendations. Speaking before a joint hearing of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees, she focused on improving public education, closing the skills gap, helping businesses find talent, ensuring clean drinking water, and fixing the roads. Pointing to the stagnant […]

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. Born and Raised: The Parts of America With the Most Natives – Where are Americans migrating to and where are they staying put? Why an Off-The-Grid […]

Michigan’s pension tax would be repealed under legislation reported by the House Tax Policy Committee last week. The Department of Environmental Quality released a report showing 90% of tested water supplies didn’t have detectable amounts of PFAS. The House Select Committee on Reducing Auto Insurance Rates launched a new website to help keep residents informed […]

Michigan’s pension tax would be repealed under legislation reported by the House Tax Policy Committee this week. Introduced by Representative Joe Bellino (R-Monroe) on the first day of the new legislative session, the bill would repeal the pension tax approved in 2011 and re-establish Michigan’s previous retirement tax structure. Under the proposal, public pensions would […]

Despite mounting concern, according to a report released this week by the Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), 90% of tested water supplies didn’t have detectable amounts of PFAS. Throughout 2018, the $1.7 million study tested samples from 1,114 public water systems, 461 schools that operate their own wells, and 17 tribal water systems. Of the […]

In an effort to keep residents informed, and allow for public input, the House Select Committee on Reducing Auto Insurance Rates launched a new website this week. This site will allow residents to easily offer input that could help shape future legislation, while providing legislators another method to hear ideas and concerns. The website includes […]

$26 million would be appropriated for 34 recreational development projects and 30 land acquisition projects statewide, under legislation approved by the House Appropriations Committee this week. The money would come from the Natural Resources Trust Fund, which under the Michigan constitution is used to support these types of projects. The projects outlined in the bill […]