Financial Reporting Deadline Moved

Financial Reporting Deadline Moved

Bipartisan legislation was passed this week extending the deadline for legislators, the attorney general, and the secretary of state to file required financial disclosures from May 15 to June 13. There have been several issues with the website created to accept the...
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...