Insider Intelligence

House Speaker Tom Leonard (R-DeWitt Township) announced that House Speaker Pro Tem Lee Chatfield (R-Levering) will lead the House Republican Campaign Committee (HRCC).  Additionally, he announced the remaining members of the team, which are as follows: Finance Co-Chairs Representative Thomas Albert (R-Lowell) Representative Gary Glenn (R-Midland) Representative Mary Whiteford (R-Casco Township) Recruitment Co-Chairs Representative Shane […]

This week, the House of Representatives passed a twenty-bill package from the Senate making reforms to the criminal justice system.  The large package makes several changes to the state’s current system, including: Better tracking and evaluating recidivism data Expedite medical commutation hearings Encourage partnerships with outside volunteers Limit the revocation time that a probation violator […]

Below is a snapshot of some of the legislation that was introduced this week. HB 4308 – Allows for preregistration at sixteen years’ old HB 4312 – Makes changes to requirements for out-of-state attorneys wishing to practice in Michigan HB 4314 – Requires popularly elected intermediate school boards HB 4328 – Allows the use of […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday. On Tuesday, March 14, the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Environmental Quality will hear a presentation from the Department of Environmental Quality on the drinking water & municipal assistance division. On Thursday, March 16, the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on General Government will hear a […]

Representative Kim LaSata (R-Bainbridge Township) was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2016, representing the 79th House District in Berrien County. Prior to her election to the House, Representative LaSata was a fifth-grade teacher at Lake Michigan Catholic Schools.  She’s served as past president of Berrien County Guardianship Services, the Women’s’ […]

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. Different Party, Same People: The Virtue of Political Holdovers – Why did two new Governors choose to keep many state workers in place, despite being from […]

This week’s Capitol Spotlight features Representative Curt VanderWall.  He discusses his support of trade programs and how being a small business owner and county commissioner will shape the legislator that he will be. Senate Democratic Leader Jim Ananich and Representative Stephanie Chang introduced legislation mandating paid sick leave in the state. In response to previous […]

This week, members of the House and Senate Democratic caucuses introduced legislation aimed at mandating a paid sick leave program in Michigan.  The legislation, sponsored by Senate Minority Leader Jim Ananich (D-Flint) and Representative Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit), would allow workers to take earned paid time off to recover from an illness, care for a sick […]