Michigan Unemployment Data Released

Michigan Unemployment Data Released

Michigan’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point between September and November. Employment receded by 6,000 between September and November, and the number of unemployed fell by 7,000, resulting in a workforce decline of...
Lottery Contributes Over $1 Billion to Education

Lottery Contributes Over $1 Billion to Education

In the 2025 Fiscal Year, the Michigan Lottery contributed more than $1 billion to the School Aid Fund for the seventh consecutive year. With the latest contribution of $1.16 billion, the total contribution since its inception in 1972 surpassed $30 billion. Under state...
Acting Chief Information Officer Named

Acting Chief Information Officer Named

Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced Eric Swanson will serve as acting chief information officer at the Michigan Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB), following the resignation of former CIO Laura Clark. While serving in this role, he will continue...
Spotlight On Representative Cynthia Neeley

Spotlight On Representative Cynthia Neeley

Representative Cynthia Neeley (D-Flint) is serving her third full term in the Michigan House of Representatives. She won a partial term to the House in March 2020 due to a special election. Biography Prior to elected office, she was a small business owner. She...
Five Things We’re Reading

Five Things We’re Reading

Below are some articles that the MLC lobby team has been reading over the past week. We hope you find them as interesting and useful as we do. The Superior State? 50 Years Ago, the UP Tried to Break from Michigan – What was behind the push to create a separate state,...