Insider Intelligence

Legislation establishing an air mobility study committee to assess the state’s capability and determine potential changes to enable advanced operations and infrastructure was reported by the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee this week. According to NASA, advanced air mobility (AAM) is an emerging industry and transportation system that moves people and cargo between places previously not […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer proclaimed March as Food and Agriculture month to honor and celebrate the state’s farmers, diversity of products grown and processed in our state, and the partnerships that keep the industry thriving. According to information from the executive office, the industry is annually responsible for 805,000 jobs and more than $104 billion of […]

The State of Michigan Investment Board voted unanimously to divest the State of Michigan Retirement Systems (SMRS) pension plans from companies based in Russia and Belarus. The action comes after Governor Gretchen Whitmer issued a letter on March 1 calling for a special meeting to divest from any institutions and companies based in Russia. They […]

The Michigan Coronavirus Racial Disparities Taskforce released recommendations for collaborative policy, programming, and systemic change to protect communities of color from the spread of COVID-19. The report, which provided a progress report on the taskforce’s short- and long-term goals, found that actions taken by the State in 2020 and 2021 helped reduce health-based racial disparities. […]

The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule. On Tuesday, March 15, the Senate Finance Committee will hold a joint hearing with the Senate Transportation and Infrastructure Committee on a review of Michigan’s gas taxes, structure, pricing transparency, and projections. On March 15 at 7 p.m., Oakland County […]

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. Covid Can Shrink the Brain as Much as a Decade of Aging, Study Finds – New research is showing the devasting impact of Covid on the […]

Special primary elections were held in four open House districts. The legislature approved of legislation reducing the state’s income tax rate from 4.25% to 3.9%. The House passed legislation providing $1.5 billion in one-time funding to reduce debt and improve the finances of public employee retirement systems. Governor Gretchen Whitmer signed Executive Directive 2022-2, directing […]

This week, the House voted to approve of Senate legislation reducing the state’s income tax rate from 4.25% to 3.9%.  The plan is similar to a House bill that was reported by the Appropriations Committee last week. In addition to the tax rate reduction, the bill lowers the eligibility age from 67 to 62 for […]