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

2020 has presented many challenges, especially for those trying to develop new business opportunities.  Face-to-face meetings have been replaced with Zoom, Microsoft Teams, and other online services.  This has changed how we “pitch” to perspective clients.  For some, it was a seamless transition, for others it has been a nightmare. Here are a few steps […]

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. As Americans Avoid Flying, Airport Shops Face Economic Disaster – When travelers fly less it isn’t only the airlines whose bottom lines are hurt. The 7 […]

The Michigan COVID-19 Task Force on Racial Disparities, chaired by Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist, released their interim report. The Senate advanced legislation this week aimed at helping locals address infrastructure needs. Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson released ballot data from the election last month, which she states demonstrates the integrity of Michigan’s election. Legislation increasing […]

The Michigan COVID-19 Task Force on Racial Disparities, chaired by Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist, released their interim report this week. It details a number of actions the state has taken to protect communities of color, frontline workers, and small businesses from the spread of COVID-19. From March and April to September and October, the average […]

The Senate advanced legislation this week aimed at helping locals address infrastructure needs. The legislation, introduced by Senator Ken Horn (R-Frankenmuth), Senator Jeremy Moss (D-Southfield), and Senator Wayne Schmidt (R-Traverse City), allows municipalities to enter into public-private partnership to improve aging infrastructure, to help with management of local bridges. The four-bill package was reported by […]

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson released ballot data from the election last month, which she states demonstrates the integrity of Michigan’s election. Of the 3.3 million absentee ballots cast, 15,300 were rejected for a variety of reasons, which accounts for 0.46% of ballots. Reasons for rejection include the lack of a signature, the ballot arrived […]

Legislation increasing the amount of time a resident has to renew their driver’s license was reported by the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week. Introduced by Senator Ruth Johnson (R-Holly), allows Michigan residents to renew their driver’s licenses online or by mail for two for-year periods. Current law allows online or mail renewal once […]