by Liz Gullett | Feb 7, 2025 | Liz Gullett
Each electric provider in Michigan’s electric choice program remained at or near the 10% statutory cap in 2024. Key Points: Electric demand in the program was down 611 MW from 2023. The number of customers participating declined slightly in 2024 to 5,514 from 5,539 in...
by Liz Gullett | Feb 7, 2025 | Liz Gullett
The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their typical Tuesday – Thursday session schedule.
by Liz Gullett | Feb 5, 2025 | Liz Gullett
Today, the State Budget Office presented Governor Whitmer’s seventh budget to a joint hearing of the House and Senate Appropriations Committees. The budget, which totals $83.5 billion, focuses on six key areas: lowering costs, creating jobs, getting SMART on...
by Liz Gullett | Feb 4, 2025 | Liz Gullett
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. Research: What Explains the “Vibecession”? – While numbers point to a better economy, Americans feel anything but happy about it. What...
by Liz Gullett | Feb 3, 2025 | Liz Gullett
Over the past week, we covered these topics on the MLC Blog… Speaker Hall named committee chairs and members for the new term. The Senate passed bipartisan legislation expanding Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act and subjecting the legislature and executive office...
by Liz Gullett | Jan 31, 2025 | Liz Gullett
The Senate passed bipartisan legislation expanding Michigan’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) and subjecting the legislature and executive office to records requests. The package passed by a vote of 33 – 2. Michigan is one of the few states that exempts state...
