Senate Passes State Budget

Senate Passes State Budget

This week, the Michigan Senate passed legislation creating a state budget for the upcoming 2025-2026 Fiscal Year. The passage follows two days of debate on the Senate floor and dozens of amendments offered by Republican members, none of which were adopted. The total...
Meet the New Member: Representative Rylee Linting

Meet the New Member: Representative Rylee Linting

Representative Linting (R-Wyandotte) is serving her first term in the Michigan House of Representatives. Biography Prior to her election, she was the Michigan Republican Party Youth Chair and the Motor City Field Representative for Turning Point Action. She studied at...
Five Things We’re Reading

Five Things We’re Reading

Below are some articles the MLC lobby team has been reading this past week. We hope you find them as interesting and useful as we do. The Small Actions That Become Your Legacy – How can you use self-reflection to review the deeper imprint that you’re leaving with...
Last Week on the MLC Blog

Last Week on the MLC Blog

Over the past week, we covered these topics on the MLC Blog… Mostly on a party-line vote, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported over a dozen state budget bills. Legislation requiring all school districts statewide to introduce cell phone policies was passed by...
Senate Appropriations Committee Moves Budgets

Senate Appropriations Committee Moves Budgets

Mostly on a party-line vote, the Senate Appropriations Committee reported over a dozen state budget bills this week. The budgets reported include the Department of Education, Higher Education, Judiciary, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, and the...