Insider Intelligence

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. Another Special Election, Another Really Bad Sign For the GOP –There is one key factor about this district that makes the race results a good data […]

No two conversations are the same for lobbyist Cami Pendell. In last week’s blog post, she shares one of the things that she finds the most enjoyable about being a lobbyist. Over 1,000 candidates filed to run for office this past week, including candidates for governor, US Senate and House, and the Michigan Senate and […]

This past Tuesday was the filing deadline for most candidates wishing to be on the August 7th primary ballot. “While this may be a midterm election year, it is shaping up to be a big one for the State of Michigan as all statewide offices and all seats in the Michigan Legislature are up for […]

This week the Board of State Canvassers met to certify two proposals seeking to come before the state legislature. The first proposal would regulate marihuana similar to alcohol, would allow for recreational use of those 21 and older and would allow for taxation, among other items. Revenue from the tax would be used for education, […]

This week both the House and Senate continued to move forward with the budgets for the upcoming fiscal year. In the House, the full chamber passed the two omnibus budgets; one for K-12, community colleges, and higher education, and one for all other departments. The budgets were sent to the Senate where they suspended the […]

Wrapping up his eight-day investment mission to Europe, Governor Rick Snyder and Secretary Mona Keijzer, State Secretary of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy of The Netherlands, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU). The goal of the MOU is to strengthen bilateral cooperation across Michigan and The Netherlands’ respective automotive and technology sectors to support growth […]

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

What does a fighter jet, electricity rates and land title insurance have in common?  Those are all issues that a lobbyist can find herself talking about in a day’s work. One of the questions that I frequently get asked is “What do you like most about lobbying?”  My reply is that I get the ability […]