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Michigan’s no-fault auto insurance system would be repealed under an eight-bill package introduced in the House this week. The plan continues the mandate that all Michigan drivers have insurance, but provides more choice and flexibility by eliminating the mandate to buy unlimited medical coverage. By moving to a tort system, accident victims will have the […]

The House and Senate begin their two-week spring recess, session and committee meetings are not scheduled to meet during that time. On March 25, the Michigan Agency for Energy is hosting an energy storage conference in Lansing. For more information, please click here.

As an avid cross-country skier, I head up north and hit the trails whenever possible.  I took up the sport as a kid, but time and location made it more and more difficult to get out.  For those not familiar with cross-country skiing, you are basically skiing, or gliding, on top of the snow.  In […]

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 Get Your To-Do List Done When You’re Always in Meetings – Blocking off a large chunk of time to tackle a big project can […]

When can a governor call a special legislative session? In her latest post, MLC lobbyist Cami Pendell explained the how and the why of this rarely used tool. The legislature and governor would be subjected to similar transparency laws as found in the Freedom of Information Act under legislation reported by the House Government Operations […]

The legislature and governor would be subjected to similar transparency laws as found in the Freedom of Information Act under legislation reported by the House Government Operations Committee. The proposal would end the current exemptions granted to the legislature, governor, and lieutenant governor, with the hopes of increasing transparency. The new act, which would be […]

Unless a person accused of a crime poses a danger to society, or is a flight risk, they would be released from custody pre-trial under a package announced today. Working in a bipartisan, and bicameral manner, members of the House and Senate, along with Attorney General Dana Nessel, announced the packages reforming the bail system, […]

Representative Alex Garza (D-Taylor) will serve as the Chair of Michigan’s Legislative Latino Caucus following caucus elections. Serving as Vice-Chair will be Representative Vanessa Guerra (D-Saginaw). Representative Darrin Camilleri (D-Brownstown Township) will serve as Treasurer, and Senator Erika Geiss (D-Taylor) will serve as Secretary. This year, the Michigan Latino Legislative Caucus has already introduced a […]