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Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced her plan to make an investment in affordable housing in Michigan. This includes assistance for 6,000 residents, producing 2,000 rental housing units, and leveraging an additional $380 million in private funding. The $100 million of funding would come from federal relief dollars via the American Rescue Plan. The appropriation would need […]

State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks announced $2.7 million is being awarded to 16 municipalities through the Financially Distressed Cities, Villages, and Townships (FDCVT) Grant Program. Locals are eligible for the program if they are experiencing one or more conditions indicative of “probable financial stress” as defined in state law. The grants can be used to fund […]

The House and Senate are continuing their summer recess and are not scheduled to hold session during the week. Special State Senate Primary Elections will take place on August 3 (see blog post). The next stops on the Small Business Summit will take place on August 5 in Traverse City. For more details, please click […]

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 Way Out: How to Overcome Toxic Polarization – How can we move beyond the partisan divide that is continuing to deepen in our country? Office […]

The House voted to approve a citizen’s initiative repealing gubernatorial powers during a state of emergency. Governor Gretchen Whitmer kicked off the MI Small Business Summer tour. Governor Gretchen Whitmer vetoed a House bill ending the extra $300 per week in federal unemployment benefits. The Muskegon Heights School District was released from receivership under the […]

The House voted to approve a citizen’s initiative repealing gubernatorial powers during a state of emergency. The group behind repealing the Emergency Powers of the Governor Act collected enough valid signatures of Michigan voters to send the initiative to the legislature for consideration. Last week, the Senate voted along party lines to approve, sending it […]

Governor Gretchen Whitmer kicked off the MI Small Business Summer tour this week. Throughout summer, the governor and members of her cabinet will visit and recognize small businesses that showed resiliency throughout the pandemic. The goal is to bring together small businesses, state and local policy makers, regional economic development leaders, and other stakeholders to […]

This week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer vetoed a House bill ending the extra $300 per week in federal unemployment benefits. The benefits are part of the federal assistance provided during the COVID-19 pandemic. The governor has stated she would be open to ending the additional benefit early, if the legislature raises Michigan’s current unemployment benefit to […]