Insider Intelligence

Attorney General Dana Nessel has joined a new robocall investigations partnership with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The Memorandum of Understanding between state and federal investigators establishes information-sharing and cooperation structures to investigate spoofing and robocall scam campaigns. “Michigan residents have received more than a billion robocalls since 2018,” Attorney General Nessel said. “My department’s […]

Due to the Michigan Reconnect Program, enrollment is growing at community colleges throughout the state. The program provides free community college tuition for those 25-years and older, within certain guidelines. Since the program’s launch in February 2021, nearly 93,000 residents have been accepted into the program. Governor Gretchen Whitmer has been highlighting the success of […]

The House and Senate are continuing their two-week legislative break. The next schedule session day is Tuesday, April 12.

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. Here’s How Americans View Facial Recognition and Driverless Cars – A recent survey shows peoples’ thoughts on emerging technologies that are not only here to stay […]

Under an agreement reached by Governor Whitmer and legislative leaders, $4.7 billion would be appropriated for water infrastructure, road and bridge repairs, high-speed internet connectivity, state and local parks, and housing, among other items. The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (an MLC client) issued the oath of office to recently re-elected NHBP Tribal Council […]

Under an agreement reached by Governor Whitmer and legislative leaders, $4.7 billion would be appropriated for water infrastructure, road and bridge repairs, high-speed internet connectivity, state and local parks, and housing, among other items. Of that funding, $3.1 billion is from federal COVID relief funding, $945.4 million from the federal Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, […]

The Nottawaseppi Huron Band of the Potawatomi (an MLC client) issued the oath of office this week to recently re-elected NHBP Tribal Council at the Pine Creek Indian Reservation in Fulton.  The members are: Jamie Stuck, Chairperson Dorie Rios, Vice Chairperson Nancy Smit, Secretary Jeff Chivis, Pd.D., Treasurer Homer A. Mandoka, Sergeant-at-Arms The NHBP is […]

The annual sales cap for cottage food businesses would increase under legislation approved by the House this week. The cottage food industry includes foods that don’t require time and/or temperature control for safety and can be produced in a home kitchen for direct sales to customers at farmers markers, farm markets, roadside stands, or other […]