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Representative Yousef Rabhi (D-Ann Arbor) and Senator Stephanie Chang (D-Detroit) introduced legislation requiring all Michigan utilities’ energy generation to be renewable by 2050. Under the proposal, utilities would gradually increase renewable generation and storage in order to eliminate fossil fuel generation by the target date. The scheduled increase is as follows: 25% by 2025, 50% […]

The Senate passed a seven-bill package they believe will improve infrastructure policy in Michigan. Among the many changes, it requires the Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to study the feasibility of toll roads on Michigan bridges or roadways. Other changes include: MDOT would be required to develop a highway construction inflation index by March 1, […]

Since last Friday, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has signed into law multiple bills in a range of areas. The new laws include: Supplemental appropriations for Fiscal Year 2019, including adjustments within the Department of Health and Human Services to programs such as Medicaid. Expanding the Neighborhood Enterprise Zone property tax exemption to $120,000. A requirement that […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule. On Thursday, February 6, Governor Gretchen Whitmer will present her budget recommendations for the upcoming 2020-2021 Fiscal Year.

This evening, before a joint convention of the Michigan Senate and House of Representatives Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered the annual State of the State address. She began the address announcing a new visitor’s center on Mackinac Island near Arch Rock, named after former Governor Milliken. She highlighted reforming auto no-fault in Michigan, which was a […]

While we just celebrated the end of a decade and the beginning of a new one, it is also a new year, which for many of us means making resolutions. Those may include resolutions to eat better, exercise more or spend more time with family and friends.  Most resolutions have a short shelf life and […]

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 Responsibility to Counter China’s Ambitions Falls to Us – China is on the brink of overtaking America’s power throughout the world. How should America react? […]

In our business we meet a lot of different people, from legislators to clients to staffers. But there’s another group who is also valuable – our interns. In his latest blog post, MLC President Tim Ward shared why we take the time to invest in the people who come to our firm to learn. An […]