Insider Intelligence

Legislative session continues next week with the usual Tuesday – Thursday schedule. What will the final revenue estimates be for the next fiscal year?  We’ll find out at the biannual Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference on Wednesday, May 17.  Look for a special blog post that afternoon, reviewing all the numbers and what the implications will […]

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. Why Macron Won: Luck, Skill and France’s Dark History – Emmanuel Macron’s victory brought joy from Europe’s political establishment, as he managed to stem the populist […]

The House and Senate passed proposed budgets for the upcoming fiscal year.  Total spending is $272 – $542 million below the executive recommendations, what are the possible plans for the funds? Governor Rick Snyder announced his appointment to the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County. The Department of Health and Human Services launched a website […]

This week, the House and Senate both passed proposed budgets for the upcoming 2017-2018 Fiscal Year.  This was the next step in the process to secure the completion of budgets prior to the self-imposed deadline of early to mid-June. In keeping with past years, the House passed two omnibus budgets; one for K-12, Community Colleges, […]

This week, Governor Rick Snyder announced the appointment of Mariam Bazzi to the 3rd Circuit Court in Wayne County.  Judge Bazzi has been an assistant prosecuting attorney in Wayne County since 2006.  She began her career at the Law Offices of Hamood, Runco & Fergestrom as a law clerk and was later hired at the […]

On Tuesday, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) announced the launch of the Michigan Environmental Public Health Tracking Program called MiTracking.  Through the program, residents will have access to information and data about health conditions that can be impacted by the environment. The MiTracking data portal can be used to accomplish the following: […]

This week, the Michigan Economic Development Corporation Community Development (CD) launched a new website devoted to community development throughout the state.  The site contains information on various programs run by CD, in addition to an online resource library offering access to hundreds of documents and other reference material. For more information, please visit https://www.miplace.org/.

This week, Representative John Reilly (R-Oakland) introduced legislation he states will protect the free speech rights of students on college campuses.  Named “The Campus Free Speech Act,” the bill would prohibit public colleges and universities from restricting peaceful forms of assembly, protest, speech, distribution of literature, and circulation of petitions except when necessary to achieve […]