Insider Intelligence

This week, Representative Thomas Albert (R-Belding) and Senator Phil Pavlov (R-Saint Clair) introduced legislation reforming the Michigan Public School Employee Retirement System (MPSERS).  “In 2010 the legislature passed the current hybrid system in an attempt to get the ever-growing unfunded liability to the state under control.  However, there are current members who don’t believe those […]

On Monday, members of the House and Senate Democratic caucuses announced a new plan to resist cuts to health care, which have passed the U.S. House of Representatives.  Their plan would shield hundreds of thousands of Michigan families who may see their costs increase and coverage reduced under the federal proposal. The plan, the ‘Michigan […]

This week it was announced that Steve Arwood, CEO of the Michigan Economic Development Corp (MEDC), would be stepping down on June 30.  Mr. Arwood has served in his current role, as well as president and chairman of the Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF), since January 2015.  Prior to that, he also served as director of […]

This week, the House passed legislation introduced by Representative Joe Graves (R-Linden) providing subpoena powers to the House and Senate oversight committees.  It would allow the committees to subpoena records and files of local governments, as the bill sponsor believes it’s the state’s responsibility to oversee them.  The bills specify that the subpoena authority is […]

In observance of Memorial Day, MLC offices will be closed beginning at noon on Friday, May 26 as well as on Monday, May 29. The House and Senate are scheduled to be in session Tuesday – Thursday, however Thursday is scheduled as tentative due to the Mackinac Policy Conference. The Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac […]

Representative John Reilly (R-Oakland Twp.) was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2016, representing the 46th House District in Oakland County.  Prior to his election, he worked for twenty years in automotive test engineering before starting his own home service business, which he has owned and operated for the past twelve […]

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. Research: Political Polarization Is Changing How Americans Work and Shop – How does the deep polarization in our country affect business issues and how has that […]

The Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference was held, revising projected revenue down for the current and upcoming fiscal years. According to the monthly report, the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate in April dipped to 4.7%. Governor Rick Snyder called for a special primary election and special general election to fill the open 109th House seat in the […]