Insider Intelligence

Legislation investing $2.5 billion to preserve and protect Michigan’s water quality, infrastructure, and the environment, received a hearing this week in the Senate Appropriations Committee. SB 565, introduced by Senator Jon Bumstead (R-Newaygo), would utilize federal funding to repair dams in critical condition, assist communities with upgrading and replacing water infrastructure, conduct surface water monitoring, […]

Bipartisan legislation was introduced creating the Michigan Employment Opportunity Program, which provides incentives for business development that includes substantial job creation. The plan, introduced by Representative Mark Tisdel (R-Rochester Hills) and Representative Angela Witwer (D-Delta Township), is similar to the Good Jobs for Michigan program, which expired in 2019. The proposed program would encourage businesses […]

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

For the Capitol community, our personal and professional lives are very much intermingled. In a profession that requires and values personal relationships, I spend a lot of time developing and growing relationships with the 110 members of the House and the 38 members of the Senate, along with the approximately 500 staffers that make the […]

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. The Imminent Collapse of Digital Advertising – What caused the industry to be on track to becoming the world’s second largest criminal enterprise? Are Floating Cities […]

In his latest blog post, MLC lobbyist and procurement specialist Tony Des Chenes shared why you should include storytelling in your next pitch. The Michigan Public Service Commission released their status report on the second year of the MI Power Grid initiative launched in 2019. A bill providing financial relief to businesses shutdown during the […]

The Michigan Public Service Commission has released their status report on the second year of the MI Power Grid initiative launched in 2019. The initiative is a multiyear effort designed to help maximize the benefits to residents as electricity providers transition away from large, centrally located power plants to smaller clean, distributed energy resources. The […]

A bill providing financial relief to businesses shutdown during the pandemic was considered by the House Tax Policy Committee this week. The Senate bill, introduced by Senator Kevin Daley (R-Lum), includes a two-year refundable tax credit for businesses closed due to the pandemic for at least six weeks and who lost at least 25% of […]