Insider Intelligence

So … how are those New Year’s resolutions coming along? Still on track?  Did you even make any this year? Remember all the corny jokes we made about having that “2020 vision in 2020” as we put 2019 in the rear-view mirror?  How silly we were … if we had only known then what we know […]

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. Why Your Value Belongs at Work – Research shows there are many benefits to employees using traditional “work time” to promote social causes they care about. […]

This week, members of the Senate Republican caucus announced a plan providing $2 billion in funding to aid the state’s response to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The proposed funding includes: $110 million for vaccine distribution $170 million to increase pay for direct care workers $220 million in emergency rental assistance $150 million to keep the […]

Representative Julie Calley (R-Portland) testified before the House Election and Ethics Committee in support of her plan to remove old and outdated information from Michigan’s Qualified Voter File (QVF). According to her testimony, an audit of the state’s Bureau of Elections released in December 2019 highlighted the need for better procedures to remove or update […]

Attorney General Dana Nessel announced that John VanDeventer will serve as her new chief legal counsel. Prior to that, he worked as an attorney, focusing on commercial bankruptcy. He’s also worked for the Service Employees International Union, for former Governor Jennifer Granholm’s re-election campaign, and with the Michigan Corrections Organization. Mr. VanDeventer earned his law […]

At their state convention last week, the Michigan Republican Party elected a new state party chair. Ron Weiser will serve as the new chair, a post he’s previously held two times. He currently serves on the University of Michigan Board of Regents. Among other jobs, he served as Ambassador to the Slovak Republican from 2001-2005. […]

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

Today, State Budget Director Dave Massaron presented Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s budget recommendations for the upcoming 2021 Fiscal Year, which begins on October 1, 2021, to a joint session of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The budget recommendations total $67.1 billion, which includes a total of $11.4 billion General Fund appropriations and $14.7 billion total […]