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Governor Gretchen Whitmer, along with Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, signed an agreement to work jointly to protect the Great Lakes from invasive Asian carp species. The intergovernmental agreement between the Illinois Department of Natural Resourcesand the Michigan Department of Natural Resources allows Illinois to use up to $8 million in funds appropriated in 2018 by […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed January 2021 as Human Trafficking Awareness Month in Michigan. In 2019, there were 22,326 victims and survivors of human trafficking in Michigan. Organizations across the state are working to enhance awareness and increase prevention efforts, including the Michigan Human Trafficking Commission. The Commission works in collaboration with agencies, organizations, and individuals […]

On Wednesday, January 13, the House and Senate will hold their first session day of the 2021-2022 legislative session. New members will be sworn into office this day. On Friday, January 15, the biannual Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference will be held in Lansing. We will have a full overview of the conference in that day’s […]

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. Productivity Is About Systems, Not Your People – There are four organizational wide changes that when implemented can improve productivity and efficiency. Imagine a Hiring Process […]

This week the House approved of a bill providing $465 million to support the state’s COVID-19 response, which includes $443.3 million from the state’s General Fund and $21.7 million in Federal funds. Most notably, the bill provides $220 million to temporarily extend unemployment benefits. The supplemental appropriation also provides: $55 million to provide grants of […]

This year, the legislature will adjourn sine die on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. Sine Die is literally Latin for “without day.” For the legislature that means they have not set a date to reconvene, therefore it’s the final adjournment of the year. This is a requirement under the Michigan Constitution and triggers important events for […]

A year unlike any other!  As with most other sectors, Michigan’s state government greatly adjusted its planned priorities this past year to focus on responding to the pandemic.  However, while most industries were either required by the governor’s executive orders to shut down completely or partially with so many performing work remotely, the legislature met […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has appointed Katherine Peretick to serve as a commissioner on the Michigan Public Service Commission. She currently serves as director of engineering at an energy storage project developer.  Prior to that worked in several companies in various roles including engineering manager and a mechanical engineer. In 2020, she was named to the […]