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. 6 Ways to Counteract Your Smartphone Addiction – While research shows technology may be causing harm, it is unavoidable. How can you find the right balance […]

MLC lobbyist and procurement consultant Tony Des Chenes gave advice on how you can turn the stress of an oral presentation into something you may find enjoyable. The Michigan Future Caucus was formed, the bipartisan caucus is made up of fifty legislators under forty-years old. Legislation was introduced setting timelines for when state departments must […]

This week, Representative Jim Lilly (R-Park Twp.) launched the bipartisan MI Future Caucus, made up of fifty legislators under forty-years old. The goal of the caucus is to engage with young people by breaking through the partisan divide and to focus on generational issues to unite legislators. They will focus on issues where there is […]

This week, Representative Gary Glenn (R-Midland) introduced legislation making reforms to Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) laws. Under the bill as introduced, state departments would be required to fulfill FOIA requests within sixty-days of the initial requests. His measure is in response to a public statement issued by Attorney General Bill Schuette in December […]

This week, Governor Rick Snyder declared a state of disaster for seventeen Lower Peninsula counties and two cities affected by recent floods. Heavy Rainfall and snow melt on February 19-21 resulted in widespread flooding damage. The affected areas include: Allegan, Arenac, Barry, Berrien, Cass, Clare, Eaton, Ingham, Ionia, Kalamazoo, Kent, Mecosta, Newaygo, Ogemaw, Oscoda, Ottawa […]

On Monday, Governor Rick Snyder announced the dates for the special election in the 2nd Senate District. The district is located in Wayne County and includes Grosse Pointe, Grosse Pointe Farms, Grosse Point Park, Grosse Pointe Woods, Hamtramck, Harper Woods, Highland Park, the Village of Grosse Pointe Shores, and a portion of the City of […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday schedule. This is the final week of session before they take their annual two-week break. House and Senate Appropriation Subcommittees will continue to hold hearings while they work to craft the state budget for the upcoming fiscal year. Some of the subcommittees […]

Occasionally, you will see this in a Request for Proposal (RFP), “Mandatory Oral Presentation”, sending you, and your RFP team, into a panic.  First, public speaking, even in small groups can be intimidating.  Second, you have a million questions; who will be there to evaluate and listen, who from the team should present, and what […]