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This week the House passed, and the Senate approved, changes to Michigan’s minimum wage and paid sick time laws. The two citizens’ initiatives were headed for the ballot when the legislature voted to approve of both earlier this fall. If they hadn’t acted the two initiatives would have been placed on the General Election ballot. […]

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

Michigan voters approved three proposals during the November 6th election.  The first proposal has the intent of regulating marihuana like alcohol at the state level, the second authorizes the creation of an independent redistricting commission and the last one allows for greater access to voting. The first proposal was a legislative initiative because it creates […]

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. How to Work for a Boss Who Has a New Idea Every 5 Minutes – While there are many benefits to a visionary boss, there can […]

This year, voters elected three women as the top elected officials in Michigan, a first in the state’s history. In his latest blog post, MLC lobbyist Brendan Ringlever shared how 2018 was the year of the Michigan woman. The Senate voted to make changes to the state’s minimum wage. Changes to the recently passed paid […]

This week the Senate voted to make changes to the state’s minimum wage. In September, the House and Senate voted to approve of two citizen’s initiatives; one of them being an increase to the state’s minimum wage for both tipped and non-tipped employees. “Because the Senate voted to adopt the measure they only needed a […]

On Wednesday, the Senate voted to amend the recently passed sick time leave laws in Michigan. The original change was initiated by a citizen’s initiative to expand the state’s sick time leave laws. In September, the House and Senate voted to approve of the initiative. The citizen’s initiative, as approved by the legislature, created the […]

This week, the House Law and Justice Committee reported legislation that would treat 17-year-olds as minors for most criminal offenses. Currently, Michigan is one of only five states that automatically consider a 17-year-old to be an adult in criminal offenses. Under the proposal, cases involving individuals under 18 will be transferred to the family division […]