Insider Intelligence

The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office has been awarded $750,000 from the National Park Service to support the preservation of historic buildings in rural communities along the Great Lakes. The funding will be used to address immediate needs along the four Great Lakes coastlines and promote long-term strategies that convey the role of historic preservation […]

A new partnership was announced aimed at advancing automotive and mobility technologies, while helping people and goods move safer and more efficiently across the border by land, air, and water. This will be a multi-year effort between the Michigan Department of Transportation, the Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification, Ontario’s Autonomous Vehicle Innovation Network, […]

Michigan residents will be able to access their immunization records through a new online portal launched by the Department of Health and Human Services. Those over the age of 18, with immunization records posted in the Michigan Care Improvement Registry, including COVID-19 vaccination, can access their record online. The portal was funded through CDC grant […]

The Senate is scheduled to hold session on September 14 and 15, while the House has scheduled session for September 14. The next stop on the Small Business Summit will take place on September 15 in Troy. For more information, please click here.

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. Collaboration Overload is Sinking Productivity – Why might the growing rise in collaborative work be harming companies and what can they do about it? Say Hello […]

This week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer laid out her plan to spend $2.1 billion aimed at helping the middle class, supporting small businesses, and investing in communities. Her plan utilizes three pillars: $722 million to grow the middle class and educate workers, $651 million to support small businesses and create jobs, and $800 million to build […]

The Senate passed a House bill prohibiting the use of the Public Threat Alert System to announce laws or executive orders. The Act was created in 2016 to alert the public of an ongoing public threat, such as an active shooter. In 2020, an alert was set through the federal Wireless Emergency Alert system, informing […]

Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist was named Midwest Region Chair for the National Lieutenant Governors Association (NLGA). He was appointed by a bi-partisan vote of his peers. His service begins immediately and runs through July 2022. NLGA is the professional association for lieutenant governors of all 50 states and the U.S. territories. The committee meets approximately […]