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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...
Looking Ahead to the Week of January 10 – 16, 2026
The House and Senate are scheduled to hold their first session days of the year on Wednesday and Thursday. The biannual Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference will be held on Friday, January 16 in Lansing.
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
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,...
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. Your New Role Requires Strategic Thinking…But You’re Stuck in the Weeds – A promotion to a leadership role brings a set of...
Last Week on the MLC Blog
Over the past week, we covered these topics on the MLC Blog… The next scheduled increase to the state’s minimum wage under Michigan’s Improved Workforce Opportunity Wage Act is set to occur on January 1, 2026. Members of the Senate Democratic Caucus took action...
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