Insider Intelligence

By now, you are well aware that the 2018 Lame Duck session was historic.  Over 400 bills were sent to the governor’s desk by the 99th Legislature.  Governor Rick Snyder made it a point to either sign or veto the bills that were sent to him.  No bills lingered in between his administration winding down […]

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. Patton Oswalt Got into a Twitter War with a Trump Supporter – Then Helped Pay His Medical Bills – Good things can happen when people look […]

In his latest blog post, MLC lobbyist Brendan Ringlever shared details on this year’s Gubernatorial Inauguration, as well as a bit of history of how the pageantry and celebrations first began. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson requested an opinion from Attorney General Dana Nessel on the constitutionality of recent changes to Michigan’s initiative and referendum […]

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson has requested an opinion from Attorney General Dana Nessel on the constitutionality of changes to Michigan’s initiative and referendum process that was passed by the legislature and signed by the governor in December 2018. Within Public Act 608, Secretary Benson is specifically asking the Attorney General to determine the constitutionality […]

This week, the Senate Judiciary Committee reported legislation making reforms to civil asset forfeiture laws in Michigan. Introduced by Senate Judiciary Committee Chair Senator Peter Lucido (R-Shelby Township), the legislation requires an individual be convicted of or plead guilty to a crime before law enforcement can take ownership of personal property through the civil asset […]

The Michigan Department of Education rolled out Phase II of their online Parent Dashboard for School Transparency. The dashboard includes 20 original factors or measures that parents and other stakeholders have indicated are important to them when evaluating a school’s quality. “In 2017 the State Board of Education requested the department to create a dashboard […]

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor announced that several streets around the Capitol will be converting from one-way to two-way streets. While this has been discussed in the past, the cost was always prohibitive to the city. However, in December the legislature passed, and the governor signed, a supplemental appropriation that included $3.3 million towards this effort. […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule. House and Senate committees are beginning to meet to hold organizational meetings.