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.  Why We Should Worry About the Recent Decline of Reading, According to Science – From children to adults, people are reading...
House Passes School Cell Phone Ban

House Passes School Cell Phone Ban

Cell phones would be banned from use in schools statewide under legislation passed by the House this week. This issue has been worked on in both chambers, by both parties, over the past few years, but has yet to make it to the governor’s desk. Today’s progress came...
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...
Last Week on the MLC Blog

Last Week on the MLC Blog

Over the past week, we covered these topics on the MLC Blog… In an extremely rare move, the House Appropriations Committee voted to cancel almost $645 million in ongoing funding to various work projects throughout state government. Michigan House Republicans are...
State Superintendent Begins Role

State Superintendent Begins Role

Dr. Glenn Maleyko started his role as State Superintendent and head of the Department of Education this week. The State Board of Education selected him for the role in August, following the retirement of former Superintendent, Dr. Michael Rice. Dr. Maleyko has 30...