Insider Intelligence

More communities will have funding to improve and expand recycling programs under grants announced this week. In support of the Know It Before You Throw It campaign, the Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) announced they are providing $1.23 million in grant funding to eight Michigan counties. So far this year, the department […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule. On Thursday, September 12, the Senate Advice and Consent Committee will hold a hearing on the appointment of Tremaine Phillips to the Michigan Public Service Commission. The Natural Resources Commission will hold their next meeting on Thursday, September 12 on […]

With the proverbial “end of summer” behind us (though not the technical end of summer which is September 23) I’m wanting not to let go. We were robbed of the first half with all the rain, grey skies, and cool temps, so my fight continues. So, to keep it going there’s a lot of summertime […]

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. Congress Can Learn a Lot from State Legislatures – State legislatures tend to act quicker and more efficient than Congress. What could our national leaders learn […]

Attorney General Dana Nessel joined Attorneys General in 49 states and Washington D.C., and 12 telecom providers, in an agreement to fight illegal robocalls. The Anti-Robocall Principles were established amongst the group to help protect residents from illegal robocalls and aim to make it easier for states to investigate and prosecute bad actors. Phone companies […]

The Senate Advice and Consent Committee has scheduled a hearing on September 12 to consider the appointment of Tremaine Phillips to the Michigan Public Service Commission. Mr. Phillips was appointed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer to the commission in mid-July following the vacancy left by Norm Saari, whose term on the board ended on July 2, […]

This week, the House of Representatives voted to adopt a resolution urging State Representative Larry Inman to resign from his seat. In May, Representative Inman was indicted by a federal grand jury for allegedly offering to trade a vote for a campaign donation. The vote in question was on repealing Michigan’s prevailing wage law and […]

This week, the Michigan Civil Rights Commission voted to dismiss Agustin Arbulu as director of the Department of Civil Rights. The removal comes after the former director was accused of making inappropriate comments. Since the allegations last month, legislative leaders and Governor Gretchen Whitmer called for him to either resign or be removed by the […]