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. How to Use Digital Health Data to Improve Outcomes – Why should we use the vast amount of health data available to improve quality? Why A […]

Through the general election on November 3, the MLC Blog will be highlighting races generally considered swing seats, ones either party could win because of the voter base.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available. District Overview The 21st House District is located in portions of Oakland County and includes Novi Township and […]

In her latest post, MLC lobbyist Monica Martinez talked about her time serving on the Michigan Public Service Commission. The Senate passed two bills providing safeguards to ensure safe drinking water in schools and child care centers. Gubernatorial emergency powers would be curtailed under a large 30-bill package passed by the House of Representatives. The […]

The Senate passed two bills this week providing safeguards to ensure safe drinking water in schools and child care centers. The bipartisan package directs schools and child care centers to develop a drinking water safety plan, install filtered bottle-filling stations and filtered faucets, shut off or render permanently inoperable any water outlet that is not […]

Gubernatorial emergency powers would be curtailed under a large 30-bill package passed by the House of Representatives this week. Overall, the proposal would set timeframes, increase legislative oversight, eliminate certain laws viewed as redundant, and remove certain powers. Specifically, under the legislation the executive branch would be required to notify the legislature of use of […]

This week, the House of Representatives passed legislation eliminating a mandate the Natural Resources Commission put into place, which takes effect this year. The mandate requires all hunters to report detailed information to the Department of Natural Resources within 72 hours of harvesting a deer in Michigan. Anyone who does not complete the online report […]

Last month, revenue earmarked for the General Fund (GF) and School Aid Fund (SAF) increased 4.1% over the August 2021 amount and was $304.8 million above prior projections. The majority of the higher-than-expected revenue came from greater-than-expected sales tax collections and less-than-expected individual income tax refunds. Collections earmarked for the GF were $227.3 million above […]

The House is scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday and the Senate on Wednesday and Thursday. However, we anticipate Wednesday will be the only day they take attendance or hold votes.