Insider Intelligence

This week the Senate voted to make changes to the state’s minimum wage. In September, the House and Senate voted to approve of two citizen’s initiatives; one of them being an increase to the state’s minimum wage for both tipped and non-tipped employees. “Because the Senate voted to adopt the measure they only needed a […]

On Wednesday, the Senate voted to amend the recently passed sick time leave laws in Michigan. The original change was initiated by a citizen’s initiative to expand the state’s sick time leave laws. In September, the House and Senate voted to approve of the initiative. The citizen’s initiative, as approved by the legislature, created the […]

This week, the House Law and Justice Committee reported legislation that would treat 17-year-olds as minors for most criminal offenses. Currently, Michigan is one of only five states that automatically consider a 17-year-old to be an adult in criminal offenses. Under the proposal, cases involving individuals under 18 will be transferred to the family division […]

This week, the House Regulatory Reform Committee approved two bills regarding the use and safety of consumer fireworks in Michigan. Introduced by Representative Jim Lilly (R-Park Twp.), the legislation is in response to issues that have come up after the legislature voted in 2011 to legalize consumer fireworks. The first bill aims to enhance the […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold session Tuesday – Thursday.

2018 will go down in history as the year voters elected more candidates that promised to be unapologetic advocates for social change and institutional reform than ever before in recent history. A huge number of those elected were women. In fact, for the first time in Michigan history all three of the top elected offices […]

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. Fourth National Climate Assessment – The Trump administration’s climate change report, as compiled by 13 federal agencies. Rail Service Could Link GR, Holland – Could an […]

The automotive industry makes cars. Restaurants make hamburgers and other foods. Apple makes computers and iPhones.  Stores like Meijer sell everything a household needs. A surgeon repairs the body. All of this is obvious.  What may not be as obvious is that politics is only about words, either spoken or written.  Be it campaigning or […]