Insider Intelligence

On Thursday, the House Elections Committee reported legislation making changes to the state’s voter laws.  Under the legislation, a voter must show photo identification when voting.  If they don’t have the identification whilst casting their ballot, they would be given a provisional ballot and must go to their local clerk within ten days to show […]

On Thursday, Representative Lisa Lyons (R-Alto) introduced legislation requiring a candidate requesting a statewide recount for an election that resulted in more than a 5% difference between the winning candidate and the petition of the recount to pay 100% of the estimated cost of the recount.  Under current law, a person requesting a recount is […]

Last week, Representative Lauren Plawecki (D-Dearborn Heights) took the oath of office to begin serving in the House of Representatives.  She represents the 11th House District, which includes Garden City and Inkster and portions of Dearborn Heights, Livonia, and Westland.  Representative Plawecki fills the seat vacated by her mother, former Representative Julie Plawecki, who passed […]

This week, Speaker-elect Tom Leonard (R-DeWitt Township) named Representative Laura Cox (R-Livonia) as House Appropriations Committee Chair for the upcoming legislative term.  “Congratulations to Representative Cox!  During her first term in office she’s been a thoughtful, deliberate, knowledgeable legislator.  She will bring those same qualities, and a diverse professional background, to the appropriations process while […]

On Thursday, the House Democratic Caucus met privately to elect their party leadership for the 2017-2018 legislative term.  On the heels of Tuesday’s election, for which the House Republicans retained their 63-47 majority going into the new session, House Democratic Leader Representative Tim Greimel (D-Auburn Hills) chose not to run for reelection.  Minority Leader – […]

Tuesday’s General Election brought many surprises to several statewide elections.  In the House of Representatives, the partisan makeup will remain the same, after one incumbent Democratic Representative lost his seat because the party flipped a previously held Republican seat.  However, prior to the election, many pollsters and insiders had expected the Democratic caucus to gain […]

Following his successful election as Plymouth Township Supervisor, Representative Kurt Heise (R-Plymouth) announced he will resign from the House effective November 18.  Representative Heise is serving his third, and final term in the Michigan House of Representatives, representing the 20th House District.

The House and Senate will begin their annual two-week hunting break.  The next scheduled session day is Tuesday, November 29.