Insider Intelligence

A few weeks ago, neighborhoods were filled with kids dressed as superheroes, villains, and other colorful costumes. In my house, my daughter dressed up as queen Elsa, singing “let it go” at the top of her lungs down the neighborhood sidewalk, and my son was Olaf. (For those of you without young kids, those are […]

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. How to Engage Physicians in Innovative Health Care Efforts – The American Medical Association is working to make technology work for providers and help them use […]

Legislation that would curb a governor’s ability to use the State Administrative Board to transfer funds appropriated by the legislature was reported by the House Government Operations Committee. The bill would limit the amount of money the board could redirect in any one line-item to $200,000 in one budget year. The legislation was introduced after […]

Legislation has been announced that would allow college athletes to receive compensation for their name, image, and likeness. Currently, this practice is banned by the NCAA, however they have stated they will allow this at some point in the future. This proposal would put the framework to allow compensation for athletes into state law. The […]

As part of the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Happy Meal, several McDonald’s (an MLC client) restaurant owners were at the Capitol this week. In addition to being recognized from the Senate and House floors, they were presented with a tribute to acknowledge the contribution McDonald’s restaurants make to the state’s economy. In […]

This week, Representative Sheldon Neeley (D-Flint) was elected to serve as the next mayor of Flint. He is currently serving his third term in the House and will need to resign his seat before taking the oath of office as the Flint mayor. Governor Gretchen Whitmer will call for a special election to fill the […]

The House of Representatives approved of a plan to expand expungement laws in the state. The proposal would allow hundreds of thousands of Michigan residents to have their prior convictions expunged, under certain circumstances. According to proponents of the bills, when a person has prior convictions expunged, their wages tend to increase shortly thereafter. The […]

The Senate is scheduled to hold session Tuesday and Wednesday. The House is not scheduled to hold session as they are beginning their three-week hunting and Thanksgiving break. However, we anticipate they will hold one day of session on Wednesday, November 13.