Insider Intelligence

Below is a snapshot of some of the legislation that was introduced this week. HB 4251 – Stop the increase to the registration fee HB 4259 – Expands the information the Auditor General may access, to include electronic information HB 4264 – Increases personal exemption on taxable income from $4,000 to $6,000 HB 4265 – […]

On Monday, February 27, the House Appropriations Health and Human Services Subcommittee will hear testimony from the public on proposed executive budget recommendations for services within the department. The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday. On Tuesday, February 28 at 9 p.m., President Donald Trump will address a joint session […]

MLC Capitol Spotlight: An Interview with Representative Darrin Camilleri Representative Darrin Camilleri (D-Brownstown Township) was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2016.  He represents the 23rd House District located in Wayne County, including Brownstown Township, Gibraltar, Grosse Ile Township, Huron Township, Trenton, and Woodhaven.  Representative Camilleri serves as an Assistant House […]

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. Indivisible Guide – A few weeks ago we were reading an article about the sustainability of the instant protest movements of the virtual age compared with […]

Our weekly Capitol Spotlight, featuring Representative Abdullah Hammoud.  He answers why he chose to run for the legislature, what issues he hopes to advocate for during his time in office, plus more. How MLC helped our client, Erickson Living, increase awareness of their services, resulting in an exclusion from the Medicaid bed tax. The House […]

On Thursday, the House Republican caucus announced their action plan for the 2017-2018 legislative session.  Fifteen members of the caucus served on the Policy Development Committee, which worked to develop the plan, The Best Way Forward: Common-Sense Leadership for the People of Michigan.  “House Republican members will utilize the legislative process to pass legislation that […]

This week, the House Tax Policy Committee reported a bill rolling back the state’s income tax rate to zero.  Under the plan reported by the committee, the state’s personal income tax rate would be reduced in 2018 from 4.25% to 3.8%.  Each year thereafter, the tax rate would continue to decline by 0.1% until the […]

This week, the Senate passed Senate Bill 69, amending the Management and Budget Act.  Under the bill as passed, it would provide that certain records related to purchasing and contract by the Department of Technology, Management and Budget (DTMB) would be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). This could be a game changer […]