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Communities within Marquette County, in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, will receive investments as part of the Every Bottle Backinitiative. American Beverage and the Michigan Soft Drink Association, together with The Recycling Partnership, are working to reduce the industry’s plastic footprint and keep bottles out of nature. The latest investment includes $68,000 to provide free higher-capacity recycling […]

Under legislation reported by the House Elections and Ethics Committee this week, a legislator would be required to abstain from voting on bills that could personally benefit them or their families financially. Furthermore, if a legislator were considering investing in a company within a particular industry, they would also need to abstain from voting. The […]

Applications are now being accepted for a program aiming to support projects that promote positive relationships with Michigan’s Indian Tribes. Funding through the Native American Heritage Fund (NAHF) is available to public and private K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and local units of government. It can be used to defray the costs of projects that promote […]

Did you know that Michigan has nearly 3,000 local units of government?  That’s a lot of naming rights that have been granted.   While many were rightfully named by Native Americans, more recently many were given European small town names or family names of early settlers.  With all of these local cities, townships and villages, you’re […]

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. What Good Leaders Do When Replacing Bad Leaders – When your predecessor wasn’t a good leader, how should you approach your new employees? Recycled Pulp Mill […]

House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees began reporting the budget bills within their purview. House Speaker Jason Wentworth and House Democratic Leader Donna Lasinski announced a series of reforms their caucuses are working on collaboratively that would make changes to state ethics and transparency laws. Through executive order, Governor Gretchen Whitmer created a council to facilitate, […]

Today, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the appointment of Henry Williams as executive director of the Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB). He currently serves as the deputy director of the casino operations division on the Board. He’s worked for the board since 2001, previously serving as a regulation and enforcement officer, regulation manager of the employee […]

House and Senate Appropriations Subcommittees began reporting the budget bills within their purview this week. Most notably, several House subcommittees chose to appropriate on a quarterly basis, instead of the traditional method of appropriating for the entire fiscal year. Chairs of those subcommittees stated this would allow for better oversight on appropriated funds. However, some […]