Insider Intelligence

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday. Governor Rick Snyder will present his executive budget recommendations before a joint hearing of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees on Wednesday, February 8.  That afternoon, please visit the MLC Blog for a full recap of the Governor’s recommendations. Following last week’s announcement […]

Representative Sue Allor (R-Wolverine) was first elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in November 2016.  She represents the 106th House District, which includes Alcona County, Alpena County, Iosco County, Presque Isle County, and a portion of Cheboygan County. Representative Allor previously served three terms as a Cheboygan County Commissioner.  She has worked as a […]

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. Does a Protest’s Size Matter? – Since the Inaugural and the Women’s March, there has been conversations and speculation as to the lasting effects of Trump’s […]

We highlight five interesting articles the lobby team has been reading, including what are the lessons to learn from former Vice President Joe Biden? And could President Trump be a friend to Detroit? A case study on how MLC helped our client, the Michigan Community College Association, with their Michigan New Jobs Training Program. Representative […]

According to information provided this week by the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) to the Mayor of Flint, the city’s water system is now testing below action levels of the Federal Lead and Copper Rule.  Additionally, the levels are comparable to cities with similar size and age of infrastructure. The DEQ provided the Flint […]

This week, the State Administrative Board approved 10-year contracts with three vendors, including MLC client Hart InterCivic, for optical-scan voting systems that read and tabulate paper ballots marked by voters.  Each of the state’s eighty-three county clerks will now select one of the three approved vendors to upgrade their county’s voting system.  Local clerks have […]

On Thursday, Governor Rick Snyder announced he will lead a seven-day investment mission to Israel.  The focus will be on trade and investments, improving academic cooperation, and exploring opportunities for collaboration on cybersecurity matters.  The mission will depart on Friday, January 27 and return on Thursday, February 2.  “Governor Snyder has long been a proponent […]

On Wednesday, Representative Sheldon Neeley (D-Flint) was elected to lead the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus for the 2017-2018 legislative term.  The additional eight officers for the caucus will be elected in the next two weeks. The Michigan Legislative Black Caucus grew from 19 to 23 members this legislative term and includes members from both the […]