Insider Intelligence

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. 3,700-Year-Old Babylonian Stone Tablet Gets Translated, Changes History – Were the Greeks responsible for trigonometry, or might it have been around thousands of years before that? […]

The House voted to repeal Michigan’s right-to-work laws and re-establish prevailing wage. The House passed a package of bills reforming Michigan’s gun laws concerning background checks. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two pieces of legislation into law. The Michigan Public Service Commission released its 2022 report, outlining its efforts to ensure the reliability of Michigan’s electric […]

This week, the House voted to repeal Michigan’s right-to-work laws and re-establish prevailing wage. Right-to-work was signed into law in 2012 under Governor Rick Snyder. It allowed workers not to join a union or pay dues. However, one of the main talking points of those in opposition was those same workers would receive the benefits. […]

The House passed a package of bills reforming Michigan’s gun laws. The three bills amend the state’s firearms laws, the Michigan Penal Code, and the Code of Criminal Procedure to ensure all firearm sales are subject to a background check. Current law requires background checks for all handgun sales, but long guns such as rifles […]

This week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed two pieces of legislation into law. The first bill, the Lowering MI Costs plan, phases out the retirement tax over four years and equalizes the exemption on both public and private pensions. Additionally, it increases the Working Families Tax Credit match of the federal Earned Income Tax Credit from […]

The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) released its 2022 report, outlining its efforts to ensure the reliability of Michigan’s electric grid. As climate change has brought increasingly severe storms to the state, the MPSC has focused its work in this area. Additionally, within the report are updates on additional items the Commission has taken, including: […]

Following the recent ice and snow storms across the Lower Peninsula, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has scheduled two public town halls. Commissioners will make brief opening remarks on steps the MPSC is taking to upgrade the state’s power grid and make it more resilient against severe storms. The two in-person town halls are […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule. However, we don’t anticipate the House will hold session on Tuesday or Wednesday.