Insider Intelligence

Last Friday, Governor Rick Snyder announced his appointments to the Child Lead Poisoning Elimination Board.  The board was created by Executive Order in May and is tasked with developing a statewide strategy to help prevent childhood lead exposure.  Lt. Governor Brian Calley is serving as chair of the board, additionally members include four department directors […]

This week, the House and Senate granted approval to a package of legislation making reforms to Detroit Public Schools (DPS).  The package previously passed by the House was vastly different from the Senate-passed proposal.  For several days there was uncertainty as to if the Senate would have enough votes to pass the House’s new proposal.  […]

This week, Governor Rick Snyder signed into a law legislation that states signatures on petitions seeking to amend the Constitution or initiate legislation will no longer be valid if they are made more than 180 days before the petition was filed with the Secretary of State.  The change codifies what has been the existing practice […]

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.  […]

On Tuesday, May 24, Governor Rick Snyder issued an Executive Order declaring a State of Energy Emergency due to the shutdown of a fuel pipeline in Wisconsin and an unplanned outage of the Marathon refinery in Detroit heading into the holiday weekend.  The order suspends state and federal regulations related to hours-of-service for motor carriers […]

Last Friday, by Executive Order, Governor Rick Snyder created the Child Lead Poisoning Elimination Board.  The purpose of the board is to develop a long-term, statewide strategy to help prevent lead exposure from all sources.  The twelve-member board will include experts in the prevention and mitigation of child lead poisoning, and may include representatives from […]

On Thursday, following a request by Attorney General Bill Schuette, Governor Rick Snyder requested that the internal investigation into the Flint water crisis be placed on hold.    According to the Attorney General and Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton, the investigations may cause an obstruction to the criminal investigation.  Following their request, the Governor asked the […]

Last Friday, Governor Rick Snyder issued an executive directive calling for increased collaborations on infrastructure projects.  Under the directive, the Director of the Department of Transportation is charged with improving the coordination of infrastructure installation, repair, or replacement in conjunction with road infrastructure.  It also calls on the Director to work with local government and […]