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Through the general election on November 3, the MLC Blog will be highlighting races generally considered swing seats, ones either party could win because of the voter base.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available. District Overview The 29th House district is located in southeast Michigan, including portions of Monroe and Wayne counties. […]

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. More Housing is Coming – But the National Shortage Will Persist – While construction permits are increasing nationwide, how long will it take for enough housing […]

Through the general election on November 3, the MLC Blog will be highlighting races generally considered swing seats, ones either party could win because of the voter base.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available. District Overview The 28th House District includes portions of Monroe and Wayne Counties in southeast Michigan. Commentary The […]

On Wednesday, the House and Senate approved of over one billion dollars in supplemental funding, with the goal of making meaningful investments in economic development, education, and public safety. Appropriations within the supplemental include: $846 million will go to the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) fund, distributed in the following two ways: A $496 […]

Local clerks will be given a 48-hour window to preprocess ballots this November under legislation approved this week. A similar change was enacted prior to the 2020 election due to the pandemic, however, it only applied to that election. Since then, local clerks have been advocating for additional time to preprocess absentee ballots, especially given […]

A few changes were made this week to the membership of the House Appropriations Committee. Most notable, Representative Thomas Albert (R-Lowell) resigned as chairman of the committee. Speaker Jason Wentworth announced that vice chair, Representative Mary Whiteford (R-Casco Twp.) would step into the role of chair. She is serving her third and final term in the […]

The Board of State Canvassers approved the ballot language for the three ballot proposals that will be before Michigan voters this November. The language is as follows: Proposal 22-1 A proposal to amend the state constitution to require annual public financial disclosure reports by legislators and other state officers and change state legislator term limit […]

The House and Senate are not scheduled to hold session.