Insider Intelligence

Since Michigan has some of the highest auto insurance rates in the nation, Governor Gretchen Whitmer has ordered a review of two specific aspects to see their impact on rates. She has charged the Department of Insurance and Financial Services (DIFS) to examine the use of non-driving factors to set rates and the pricing of […]

This week both the Senate and House Appropriations Committees and Subcommittees reported several bills for the upcoming fiscal year to the full Senate and House floors for consideration. Key points of the Senate budgets include: K-12 foundation allowance increase between $135-$270 per pupil Constitutional revenue sharing would increase by $51.2 million An additional investment of […]

Next Tuesday, voters in 65 counties across Michigan will head to the polls. This will be the first election where the changes under Proposal 3 of 2018 will be in effect. For the first time, voters in Michigan can utilize no-reason absentee voting and early voting. Mailed-in applications must be received by 5 p.m. on […]

Michigan’s K-12 schools, colleges, universities, and local units of government are now eligible for funding through the Native American Heritage Fund (NAHF) to defray the costs of projects that promote positive relationships and accurate information about the history and role of Michigan’s Indian tribes and Native Americans in the state. To view application information online, […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule. The annual Tulip Time festival will be held in Holland from May 4 – 12. For more information, please visit https://www.tuliptime.com/.

When making a trip to the Capitol to meet with legislators, visitors will often hear their meeting is in either the HOB or BOB office buildings.  Those acronyms stand for the Anderson House Office Building (HOB), the offices for the House of Representatives and the Binsfeld Office Building (BOB), which is where Senate offices 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.  When No News Isn’t Good News: What the Decline of Newspapers Means for Government – As newspaper jobs continue to decline, recent studies have shown there […]

The Senate Transportation Appropriations Subcommittee reported their budget this week without including Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s proposed 45-cent gas tax increase. In order to fund repairs to roads and bridges, the subcommittee instead fully implemented the road funding plan passed in 2015 one year earlier than is required under the law. The proposed appropriation totals $600 […]