Insider Intelligence

A five-year blueprint charting priorities, goals, and strategies to address housing equity was announced this week. Introduced by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the initiative aims to provide affordable and accessible housing and give the state a competitive edge in talent attraction and retention. The governor, who earlier set a goal to create or preserve 75,000 units […]

The Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) is waiving $431 million in overpayments of federal pandemic unemployment benefits paid to 55,000 Michigan residents. These overpayments were made by no fault of those who received the benefits. “No Michigander who did the right thing when applying for benefits should be required to pay anything back resulting from errors at […]

Legislation requiring certain public bodies to create and maintain audio recordings of their meetings was signed into law this week. The bill, signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, requires state licensing boards, state commission panels, and state rule-making boards to record public meetings to allow for the capture of sound, such as an audio-only recording, a […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule.  The House is set to meet at 10 am on Tuesday, May 10 rather than their normal 1:30 pm session time. The Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Conference will be held virtually May 10 – 11. For more information, please click […]

Through the primary election on August 2 on the MLC Blog we will highlight 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 8th Michigan Senate District is located in portions of Oakland and Wayne Counties in southeast […]

Through the primary election on August 2 on the MLC Blog we will highlight 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 6th Michigan Senate District is located in southeast Michigan. It includes portions of Oakland and […]

Yesterday, special general elections were held in four House seats in Wayne, Macomb, Oakland, and Kent Counties.  Two seats were left open when the former representatives were elected to the Michigan Senate, one after the former representative won a local election, and the fourth was left open following the passing of former Representative Andrea Schroeder. […]

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. Should We Be Eating Three Meals a Day? – Three meals per day is ingrained in our daily lives, but is it the healthiest way to […]