by Liz Gullett | Feb 6, 2026 | Liz Gullett
This year marks the fifth anniversary of Michigan Reconnect, the state’s tuition-free community college program for adults. According to Governor Whitmer, the milestone highlights the program’s proven impact in helping adult learners return to college, gain skills for...
by Liz Gullett | Jan 20, 2026 | Liz Gullett
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...
by Kaylee Gingras | Jan 16, 2026 | Liz Gullett
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...
by Liz Gullett | Jan 9, 2026 | Liz Gullett
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...
by Liz Gullett | Dec 15, 2025 | Liz Gullett
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...
