Insider Intelligence

We recap the race for the 21st House District seat in Wayne County. A look at the 71st House District race in Eaton County, where the prior Representative is challenging the current Representative who unseated her in 2014. Outsiders win two Congressional primary races over the established candidates. The 20th House District race in Wayne […]

This week, Attorney General Bill Schuette, filed a motion with the U.S. Court of Appeals regarding the state’s attempt to ban on straight-ticket voting.  Originally approved by the legislature and signed by Governor Rick Snyder, the ban on straight-ticket voting was halted by a U.S. District Court Judge last month (see prior article).  In his […]

This week, the Senate Fiscal Agency released state revenue numbers for July 2016.  Last month’s revenue to the General Fund and School Aid Fund was nearly $2 billion, an increase of 0.9% from the prior year.  Additionally, last month’s collections were $85 million more than estimated in May.  While revenue from the individual income tax […]

This week, the Michigan Agency for Energy (MAE) and the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) asked the Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) to conduct a study to help the state better understand the effects of plant closures on overall reliability.  In a letter to MISO, officials requested MISO to assess the vulnerabilities associated with simultaneous […]

This week, The Pew Center called Michigan’s elections system a “high performer” based on multiple objective measures of election performance, according to a press release from Secretary of State Ruth Johnson.  The study calculated and averaged a state’s overall performance by measuring more than a dozen separate indicators that make up the overall score.  Indicators […]

This week, State Superintendent Brian Whiston called on the legislature to improve funding for Michigan schools.  In June, a state-funded Education Finance Study was released and this week the findings were presented to the State Board of Education.  The Superintendent noted the study showed the disparity in funding between school districts, as well as the […]

On Monday, the Michigan Democratic Party announced they nominated Suzanna Shkreli to run as the party’s nominee in the 8th Congressional District.  Ms. Shkreli is an assistant Macomb County Prosecutor, currently serving in the Child Protection Unit. Ms. Shkreli replaces Melissa Gilbert, the former Democratic nominee in the district, who announced that due to medical […]

The House and Senate are continuing their summer in district work period.