Insider Intelligence

Following several hours of session, negotiations, and caucusing, the House was able to muster enough votes to pass a package of legislation making numerous reforms to Detroit Public Schools. The package, which contains three House and three Senate bills, was initially passed by the House last month.  However, yesterday the House requested the return of […]

Yesterday the House passed a two-bill package repealing an annual auto insurance tax credit, which cost the state $80 million per-year.  The credit is available for catastrophic claims where the injured does not have insurance and was made available due to a mistake in legislation passed in 2012.  The elimination of the credit is part […]

This week two pieces of legislation were reported by the House Workforce and Talent Development committee making changes to civil service guidelines.  The first piece is a joint resolution, introduced by Speaker Kevin Cotter (R-Mount Pleasant) that would allow heads of departments to dismiss state classified civil workers for conduct negatively impacting the duties of […]

This week at the Mackinac Policy Conference, Governor Rick Snyder announced the launch of the “Planet M” campaign, a consortium representing the public and private sectors, non-governmental organizations, and academic institutions.  The goal of the campaign is to elevate Michigan as the hub of mobility innovations, with the expectation of more business investment and jobs.  […]

This week it was announced that Tim Becker, chief deputy at the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) is resigning his position after accepting a position as executive vice president of Hope Network.  He has served in several roles throughout state government, including chief deputy director at the Department of Community Health.  His last […]

Beginning next week, and running through the primary election on August 2, every Tuesday and Thursday on the MLC Blog we will be highlighting races for which the primary is the key race due to the voter base.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available. District Overview The 2nd House District encompasses part […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday.  It is anticipated that this will be the final week of session before legislative summer recess.

On Wednesday, the Senate Energy and Technology Committee reported a package of two bills that would make reforms to the state’s energy policy.  The committee and select stakeholders have been working on the bills since they were introduced in July 2015.  Recently, the committee held numerous hearings on the reforms.  While the Executive Office and […]