Insider Intelligence

This week, Attorney General Bill Schuette, named Matthew Schneider as Chief Deputy Attorney General.  Mr. Schneider will take over the role from the current Chief Deputy, Carol Isaacs, who is retiring at the end of December. Mr. Schneider has served as Chief Legal Counsel for Attorney General Schuette since 2013.  He is a former Assistant […]

This week, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow (D-MI) was appointed to serve as Chair of the Senate Democratic Policy and Communications Committee, the number four spot in the caucus.  She is replacing Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) who has been elected the new minority leader.  Additionally, Senator Stabenow will continue to serve as the ranking Democratic member […]

Mr. Kim Rhead, Legislative Affairs and Public Policy Director at the Municipal Employees’ Retirement System of Michigan, was the winner of this year’s “MLC Election Briefing Contest.”  At our bi-annual election briefing held on October 26, attendees were invited to participate by correctly guessing the outcomes of several federal and state races.  It was only […]

The House and Senate are continuing their annual two-week hunting break. In observance of Thanksgiving, the MLC offices will be closed on Thursday and Friday, November 24 and 25.

Lansing-based DBI Office Interiors unknowingly faced a budget bill that threatened its business with the State of Michigan. The company, which for more than 30 years supplied furniture for the State of Michigan, in addition to providing stable employment for the Lansing area, was up against a bill with language that would limit the state’s […]

If you missed our document with the results of all statewide races, please click here to view the blog post with the accompanying document. The House Republican caucus elected new leadership for the upcoming 2017-2018 legislative term. The House Democratic caucus also elected new leadership for the upcoming legislative term, beginning in January. State Representative […]

On Thursday, the House Democratic Caucus met privately to elect their party leadership for the 2017-2018 legislative term.  On the heels of Tuesday’s election, for which the House Republicans retained their 63-47 majority going into the new session, House Democratic Leader Representative Tim Greimel (D-Auburn Hills) chose not to run for reelection.  Minority Leader – […]

Tuesday’s General Election brought many surprises to several statewide elections.  In the House of Representatives, the partisan makeup will remain the same, after one incumbent Democratic Representative lost his seat because the party flipped a previously held Republican seat.  However, prior to the election, many pollsters and insiders had expected the Democratic caucus to gain […]