Insider Intelligence

This week, the House and Senate gave final approval to a package of bills making reforms to retiree benefits in local communities. Following months of debate, and the legislature working on the bill package for weeks, a final agreement was made to move the bills to final passage. As introduced, stakeholders raised several concerns with […]

This week, the Senate voted to approve of a package of House bills making several reforms to the state’s Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). The reforms were developed by a workgroup comprised of business leaders, claimant advocates, and legislators from both parties. The UIA has been plagued with issues recently, including wrongly accusing thousands of Michigan […]

This week, the House and Senate granted final approval to legislation aimed at combating the growing epidemic of opioid abuse and addiction. The proposal would mandate more use by prescribers and dispensers of the Michigan Automated Prescription System (MAPS), a state-run program tracking patients and prescribers for Schedule 2 through Schedule 5 controlled substances. The […]

This week, Attorney General Bill Schuette released a public opinion stating that Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act does not state a particular timeframe for which a public body must fulfill a request for information.  Instead, the opinion states that a public body must use a “best efforts estimate” when responding to a request. However, when […]

The legislature begins their winter break, the next scheduled session day is January 10, 2018. In observance of the Holidays, MLC office will be closed December 25, 2017 – January 1, 2018. We will reopen on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Governor Rick Snyder will deliver his eighth and final State of the State address on […]

In the words of William Shakespeare, “Methinks thou dost protest too much.”  However, this is not true when protesting an award of a state contract.  Protesting is your right as a bidder during the solicitation process.  There are many misconceptions when it comes to filing a protest.  For example: I will be shut out from […]

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. The Art and Science of Being Charismatic – Learning these skills may prove to be quite helpful in your professional and personal life. The Supreme Court’s […]

You may have heard a little something about Michigan’s Prevailing Wage Law in the news. We’ll explain why, but first let’s dig into that law and what it’s about.