Insider Intelligence

The legislature continues their annual two-week hunting and Thanksgiving break. The next scheduled session day is Tuesday, November 28. In observance of Thanksgiving, MLC offices will be closed November 23 and 24.

With these tops exports and industries, plus many more, Michigan’s economy is continuing to grow.

While debate continues as to whether Michigan is an auto manufacturing state or an auto technology state, there is another storyline on the tech front. Michigan is home to numerous, and growing, “pure technology” companies and the number continues to rise.  Developers are thinking up and building everything from software to mobile apps, in order […]

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. Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? – While we’ve gained a lot of positives from smartphones, what are the negatives that result from the use of such […]

Two New State Representatives were elected in special general elections. What is the key question every candidate needs to ask? The Senate passed legislation making changes to the state’s open and concealed carry gun laws. The House passed a bipartisan package reforming Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency. Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation providing supplemental funding for […]

On Wednesday, the Senate passed a package of legislation making changes to Michigan’s open-carry and concealed-carry laws.  The bills allow concealed pistol license (CPL) holders to carry a concealed weapon in gun-free zones such as schools, churches, and sports arenas.  Schools would have the authority to prohibit students from carrying a concealed gun on school […]

On Wednesday, the House passed a bipartisan package of legislation reforming the state’s Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA). The reforms were first introduced as a response to findings of a workgroup that found several issues within the UIA.  The bill package will: Address identity theft by creating a “watchdog” position to investigate fraud Ensures claimants don’t […]

On Thursday, Governor Rick Snyder signed legislation providing over $50 million in supplemental funding to numerous programs. The bill increases funding for various departments and agencies including a uniform statewide sexual assault evidence kit tracking system, opioid addiction response programs, as well as reimbursing the costs incurred by National Guard deployments to aid in hurricane […]