Insider Intelligence

This blog post was going to be about goal setting and the determination and perseverance it takes to attain your personal and professional goals. But then I woke up on Tuesday, May 12 to some rough personal news. A friend and colleague that I had worked with over the years in the Capitol passed away […]

Absentee voter ballots would be counted if they are mailed on or before election day under legislation introduced by Representative Yousef Rabhi (D-Ann Arbor). Given current public health concerns, it’s likely there will be a sharp increase in the number of voters utilizing this option in August and November. His bill ensures ballots are counted, […]

Representative Tommy Brann (R-Wyoming) introduced legislation building upon a state program established earlier this year to provide relief to small businesses. The proposed program would provide grants of up to $10,000 to eligible businesses with 50 or fewer employees impacted by COVID-19. The money could be used to pay employees, for rent or mortgage payments, […]

Representative Michael Webber (R-Rochester Hills) introduced legislation this week allowing municipalities the option to establish drinking areas where people can purchase alcoholic beverages on the go. In areas where “social districts” are in place, people of legal drinking age can walk around in public with an alcohol beverage as long as they remain within the […]

Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced that all registered voters in Michigan will receive an application to vote by mail in the August and November elections. Of the 7.7 million registered voters in the state, about 1.3 million are on the permanent absent voter list, and their local election clerk mails them applications ahead of […]

In observance of Memorial Day, the MLC office will be closed on Monday, May 25. The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday.

Coffee. Answer emails. Call. Conference call. Email. Zoom. Walk around the house. Zoom. Call. Lunch. Zoom. GoToMeeting. (Who still uses GoToMeeting?) Call. Return call. Yell at the kids to settle down and get back to work. Call. Call. Tell the kids they are done for the day. Zoom. Answer emails. Start dinner. Or, maybe have […]

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. ‘The Coronavirus Damage Runs Deep:’ How the Coronavirus is Shattering the World Order – There were problems prior to the pandemic, but the incredible stress of […]