Insider Intelligence

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule.

Over the years, the tools we use to communicate have changed.  We’ve evolved from desk phones to smartphones that are small computers.  Along with technology, messaging style has also changed. In business, while the message is critical, what is most important is the style in which that message is delivered.  An area that has evolved […]

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. To Retain Employees, Give Them a Sense of Purpose and Community – Instead of raises and perks, there are three things employers can do in order […]

The Senate approved of the latest round of reforms to Michigan’s voting laws, focusing on voter identification. In an effort to make childcare more accessible statewide, the House approved of a bipartisan package containing a series of reforms. Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the State of Michigan will require state contractors and subcontractors to pay […]

This week, the Senate approved of the latest round of reforms to Michigan’s voting laws, focusing on voter identification. Under the changes, voters would be required to show identification when voting in person and require absentee voters to write their Michigan driver’s license number or state ID card number on their absentee ballot application. Alternatively, […]

In an effort to make childcare more accessible statewide, the House approved of a bipartisan package containing a series of reforms this week. The issue of adequate childcare throughout Michigan has been brought to the forefront during the pandemic. While businesses struggle to hire enough employees, many potential workers remain out of the job market […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the State of Michigan will require state contractors and subcontractors to pay prevailing wage for construction projects.  Michigan’s prevailing wage was repealed by the legislature in June 2018. Despite the repeal, the door was left open for the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget to require prevailing wage under its […]

The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy announced the 2021 Great Lakes PFAS Summit will take place virtually on December 6-10. The goal is to provide the most current and reliable science and policy, facilitate information sharing, and explore current and future research topics. Participants may include local, state, and federal government officials; environmental […]