Insider Intelligence

This week, the House and Senate continued to work on the state budget for the upcoming 2022 – 2023 Fiscal Year, which begins on October 1. Following debate, the chambers took floor votes on the various budgets providing funding to state departments, education, local governments, and the courts. Aspects within the Senate-passed budgets include: $2 […]

This week, special general elections were held in four House seats in Wayne, Macomb, Oakland, and Kent Counties.  The newly elected state representatives will be sworn into office in the coming days. Each of them will serve the remainder of the current term, ending on December 31, 2022. They will need to run again this […]

A five-year blueprint charting priorities, goals, and strategies to address housing equity was announced this week. Introduced by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, the initiative aims to provide affordable and accessible housing and give the state a competitive edge in talent attraction and retention. The governor, who earlier set a goal to create or preserve 75,000 units […]

The Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) is waiving $431 million in overpayments of federal pandemic unemployment benefits paid to 55,000 Michigan residents. These overpayments were made by no fault of those who received the benefits. “No Michigander who did the right thing when applying for benefits should be required to pay anything back resulting from errors at […]

Legislation requiring certain public bodies to create and maintain audio recordings of their meetings was signed into law this week. The bill, signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, requires state licensing boards, state commission panels, and state rule-making boards to record public meetings to allow for the capture of sound, such as an audio-only recording, a […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule.  The House is set to meet at 10 am on Tuesday, May 10 rather than their normal 1:30 pm session time. The Great Lakes Water Infrastructure Conference will be held virtually May 10 – 11. For more information, please click […]

Through the primary election on August 2 on the MLC Blog we will highlight races for which the primary is the key race due to the voter base.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available. District Overview The 8th Michigan Senate District is located in portions of Oakland and Wayne Counties in southeast […]

Through the primary election on August 2 on the MLC Blog we will highlight races for which the primary is the key race due to the voter base.  Candidate’s website and professional information is listed when available. District Overview The 6th Michigan Senate District is located in southeast Michigan. It includes portions of Oakland and […]