Insider Intelligence

In my blog post last month, Speaker of the House Only Feels Like a Lifetime Appointment, I explained that there have only been 54 Speakers of the House at the federal level since the position was created in 1789.  Of those, only two served more than 10 years, the longest was Sam Rayburn at 17 […]

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. After Flint, Michigan Pushes Toughest Lead Water Rules in the Country – In response to the Flint water crisis, much of the nation is now fully […]

Early this week, the Secretary of State announced the constitutional amendment changing the way we redistrict following a census has enough signatures to move forward. The group, Voters Not Politicians, turned in more than the necessary 315,654 signatures required to get the amendment on the November 2018 ballot. “The Board of State Canvassers was scheduled […]

The House Democratic caucus announced their proposal to provide debt-free community college to Michigan residents. Named the “HirED Opportunity Act,” the plan would provide full-tuition scholarships to qualified individuals. Beginning in the 2019-2020 academic year, recent high school graduates who enroll full-time in a community college program would be eligible to receive a Community College […]

Representative Jim Lower (R-Cedar Lake) and Senator Jim Stamas (R-Midland) introduced legislation reforming the way Michigan administers property taxes. The legislation aims to make the process of collecting the state’s $14 billion in property taxes more efficient. The two bills would update property assessing laws to specify minimum quality standards that every city, township, or […]

The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) announced plans to conduct a state-wide study of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) levels in public water supplies. The cost of the comprehensive study is $1.7 million. PFAS compounds are a group of emerging and potentially harmful contaminants used in thousands of applications globally including firefighting foam, food packaging, […]

In observance of Memorial Day, MLC offices will be closing at noon on Friday, May 25 and closed Monday, May 28. The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule. The Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy Conference is being held May 29 – June 1 on Mackinac Island.

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 13th Congressional District is in Wayne County in Southeast […]