Michigan’s Credit Ratings Reaffirmed

Michigan’s Credit Ratings Reaffirmed

All three main international ratings agencies have reaffirmed Michigan’s credit rating this week. Moody’s Investors Service: Reaffirmed their Aa1 rating with a “stable outlook.” They noted the state has effective financial forecast practices, budgetary reserves at...
Five Things We’re Reading

Five Things We’re Reading

Below are some of the articles that the MLC lobby team has been reading this past week. We hope you find them as interesting and useful as we do. The ‘Threads’ App Is Filled with Deceptive Dark Design Patterns – We Spotted More Than Ten – What’s hidden behind the...
SNAP Benefit Asset Test Eliminated

SNAP Benefit Asset Test Eliminated

Michigan has joined 36 other states in eliminating an asset test when determining eligibility for SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) benefits. The bill received bipartisan support in the legislature and Governor Whitmer signed it into law this week. Key...

Michigan Named a Top Business State

CNBC named Michigan on their list of America’s Top States for Business in 2023. To develop the list, CNBC measures states on more than 86 different metrics and ten categories of competitiveness. Michigan’s rankings include: 6th for cost of doing business, up from 9th...