Insider Intelligence

This past Monday, the Department of State, in cooperation with county and local election officials, began the process of conducting the statewide risk-limiting audit of the November 2020 general election. The first step in the process involves using a random number, generated by rolling 20 ten-sided dice, to plug into the auditing software to randomly […]

The MLC office will be closed on Monday, January 18 in honor of Martin Luther King Jr Day. The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule. The inauguration of President-Elect Joe Biden and Vice President-Elect Kamala Harris will take place on Wednesday, January 20.

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. Unexpected Exercise Advice for the Super Busy: Ditch the Rigid Routine – Why does setting rigid exercise routines set people up for failure and how should […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the state set a goal for all school districts to offer an option for in-person learning no later than March 1. The Michigan Supreme Court unanimously voted to reelect Justice Bridget McCormack as Chief Justice. The House and Senate Majority Floor Leaders released the session schedules for the 2021 year. Governor […]

This afternoon, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced the state has set a goal for all school districts to offer an option for in-person learning no later than March 1. Despite a brief shutdown of in-person learning at high schools in November and December, the decision of in-person vs. virtual learning has been left up to individual […]

This week, the Michigan Supreme Court unanimously voted to reelect Justice Bridget McCormack as Chief Justice. This will be her second two-year term in the role. Chief Justice McCormack joined the Supreme Court in January 2013. Prior to that, she was a law professor and dean at the University of Michigan Law School. Previously, Chief […]

The House and Senate Majority Floor Leaders have released the session schedules for the 2021 year. The Senate will continue to meet at 10 a.m. each session day, while the House will continue to meet at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays and 12:00 p.m. on Thursdays. The House will meet for their first day […]

This week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a package of bills that prioritizes alternatives to jail, expands officer discretion to issue appearance tickets rather than make arrests, and reshapes penalties for traffic offenses. The bills aim to shift individuals away from jail through expanding the use of jail alternatives, unless they pose a threat to public […]