Insider Intelligence

This week, members of the House and Senate Democratic caucuses announced legislation to cut taxes for many Michigan residents.  The members said their plan would help fix three critical problems – the broken tax system, crumbling roads, and underfunded school. According to their press release, the bottom 80% of households contribute 9.2% – 9.5% of […]

This week, the Michigan House Democratic Caucus announced a series of listening tour town halls throughout the state in the coming weeks.  The caucus stated their goal is to hear residents express their top concerns about our state.  The scheduled events are: Monday, March 27, from 6-8 p.m.: Who: State Rep. Henry Yanez (D-Sterling Heights) Where: […]

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) issued several orders this week that seek comments from the public and utilities on the MPSC’s efforts to implement the state’s new energy laws.  This includes, new rate case filing requirements, proposed changes to the forms and instructions used by utilities for certificate of necessity requests, and voluntary green […]

The House and Senate begin their annual two-week spring break.  During that time, there will be no session nor committee hearings. The deadline to register to vote in the May 2 election is Monday, April 3.  For your community’s election information, please visit www.Michigan.gov/vote.

Representative Tim Sneller (D-Burton) was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2016.  He represents the 50th House District located in Genesee County, which includes Burton, Grand Blanc, Grand Blanc Township, and Mundy Township. Prior to being elected to the House, Representative Sneller worked as a legislative aide for several legislators over […]

The Michigan Spirits Association (MSA) represents the vendors, suppliers, and distributors of distilled spirit products in the state of Michigan. The industry is one of the state’s significant revenue generators, which has historically made it a target for proposed tax increases. With MLC’s counsel, the MSA was able fight back a tax increase threat, but […]

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. Become a Better Listener by Taking Notes – Texting, IM, social media, talk radio, 24-hour news channels.  Sometimes it seems like people are pushing their own […]

This week’s Capitol Spotlight features Representative Tommy Brann from Kent County. The state’s unemployment rate increased slightly last month. Legislation was reported by the Senate Economic Development Committee providing tax abatements for job creation. The 2016 Human Trafficking Commission Report was released. A House committee held a hearing on legislation that would eliminate the time […]