Insider Intelligence

A Q&A with Representative Kim LaSata who represents a portion of Berrien County.  She tells us why she chose to run for the legislature, what party attributes she most identifies with, plus much more. In this week’s Five Things We’re Reading, we have articles on political holdovers, a look at Betsey DeVos’s alma matter, plus […]

This week’s Capitol Spotlight features Representative Curt VanderWall.  He discusses his support of trade programs and how being a small business owner and county commissioner will shape the legislator that he will be. Senate Democratic Leader Jim Ananich and Representative Stephanie Chang introduced legislation mandating paid sick leave in the state. In response to previous […]

An interview with freshman legislator, Representative Darrin Camilleri. A proposal to rollback the state’s income tax falls short of passage. Lt. Governor Calley undertook his second trade mission to Mexico. There were a few changes to the membership of the House Financial Services Committee. A new director of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority was […]

Our weekly Capitol Spotlight, featuring Representative Abdullah Hammoud.  He answers why he chose to run for the legislature, what issues he hopes to advocate for during his time in office, plus more. How MLC helped our client, Erickson Living, increase awareness of their services, resulting in an exclusion from the Medicaid bed tax. The House […]

An interview with freshman legislator, Representative Scott VanSingel, from the 100th House District. Governor Rick Snyder presented his executive budget recommendations for the upcoming 2017-2018 Fiscal Year, totaling $56.3 billion. State Representative Brian Banks resigned his seat, effective immediately. Governor Rick Snyder created a task force to address pension and health care costs for retirees […]

This week’s installment of the MLC Capitol Spotlight featuring Representative Sue Allor. The House introduced a package of bills opening the legislative and executive branches to Freedom of Information Act requests. Revenue for the month of December 2016 increased by just over 13% from the prior year. The Senate passed a large package of legislation […]

We highlight five interesting articles the lobby team has been reading, including what are the lessons to learn from former Vice President Joe Biden? And could President Trump be a friend to Detroit? A case study on how MLC helped our client, the Michigan Community College Association, with their Michigan New Jobs Training Program. Representative […]

Governor Rick Snyder delivered his seventh annual State of the State address, we have a wrap-up of highlights immediately following the address and additional details and key points on the content of the address. The House and Senate Democratic caucus’ respond to the Governor’s State of the State address, including concerns and questions they had […]