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Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist received the National Lieutenant Governors Association Improving Lives and Communities Award. The award is presented to a member working to enhance the lives of constituents through impacting aspects of community life and addressing social drivers of health. “I appreciate this recognition, as well as the opportunity to spread the word about […]

The Department of Health and Human Services is seeking advice on ways to improve health equity in home and community-based services. To achieve that, the department is forming advisory committees with funds from the Michigan Health Endowment Fund. The committees will examine what causes health inequalities for people who need services and will suggest changes […]

On Saturday, April 9, the Michigan Democratic Party will hold its 2022 State Endorsement Convention to nominate candidates for the general election this November. While the convention is being held at Huntington Place in Detroit, it will have a live stream viewing option and remote voting. The candidates are as follows: Secretary of State Jocelyn […]

On Saturday, April 9, the Michigan Democratic Party will hold their 2022 State Endorsement Convention in Detroit. The House and Senate will resume their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule.

A team greater than the sum of the people who serve our clients. Ann, Brendan, Tony, Liz, Julie, Matt, Nicole, Jen, Monica, and Amber are the who in MLC. I’ve had the honor of hiring all, aside from Ann, whose legendary service to clients predates my joining the firm twenty years ago. In conversations I […]

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. Gravity Jet Suit Will Turn Paramedics into Superheroes Like Iron Man – This new technology could be a game changer for certain life and death situations. […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a nearly $5 billion bipartisan supplemental funding bill. Sarah Szurpicki was named director of the Office of Sixty by 30. The Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy announced conferences on water infrastructure and recycling. Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a new robocall investigations partnership with the Federal Communications Commission. Due […]

This week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed a nearly $5 billion bipartisan supplemental funding bill. The plan aims to improve Michigan’s transportation, water, and high-speed internet infrastructure throughout the state. Appropriations within the plan include: Nearly $2 billion to address critical water infrastructure needs, including: $712 million for clean water initiatives to address storm and wastewater […]