Insider Intelligence

Through the primary election on August 7, on every Tuesday and Thursday on the MLC Blog we will be highlighting races for which the primary is the key race due to the voter base.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available. District Overview The 11th Senate District is located in Oakland County. The […]

We have all heard the saying “know your competition.”  It doesn’t matter if in business or sports, you need to know who you are going up against.  When pursuing state contracts this is critical.  This sounds like common sense, but businesses rarely do an in-depth review of the companies they are competing against.  Think of […]

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. Political Humor – When you’ve had enough of serious politics and just want to see the humor in it all.  Why This State Thinks Engineers Can […]

MLC lobbyist Cami Pendell shares a secret in the Capitol that you may not know. The legislature gave approval to legislation creating a work requirement for some Medicaid recipients. The House and Senate voted to repeal Michigan’s prevailing wage law. House and Senate conference committees met and signed conference reports for the upcoming 2018-2019 Fiscal […]

This week, the House passed controversial legislation creating a work requirement for some Michigan residents receiving Medicaid. Under the proposal, beginning in 2020 an able-bodied adult would need to be employed, preparing for a job, or engaging in community service for at least 80 hours per month to retain Medicaid coverage. The requirement generally would […]

This week, the House and Senate voted to repeal Michigan’s prevailing wage law. The voter initiated legislation was created through a ballot proposal. After proponents were determined to have collected enough of the required number of signatures, the voter initiated legislation headed to the legislature. After many floor statements, and some protests, both chambers voted […]

This week, conference committees met and signed conference reports for the budgets for the upcoming 2018-2019 Fiscal Year. This is the last step in the process prior to the full House and Senate voting on the finalized versions of the budgets. Highlights include: The closure of a second state prison $2.4 million to expand education […]

Michigan’s K-12 schools, community colleges, universities, and local governments are now eligible for funding through the Native American Heritage Fund (NAHF). Funding from the program was designed 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 Michigan. Projects […]