Public Transit Funding Awarded

Public Transit Funding Awarded

This week, Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced $65 million in awards through the Infrastructure Projects Authority Fund (IPAF) to support public transportation projects statewide. As part of last year’s nearly $2 billion Sustainable Road Funding Plan, the investments...
Michigan Challenging Fuel Economy Standards

Michigan Challenging Fuel Economy Standards

Attorney General Dana Nessel joined a coalition of 26 states, counties, and cities, filing a lawsuit against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) final rule weakening corporate average fuel economy standards. Historically, NHTSA’s standards...
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. Who Sees Themselves as Working Class? – How do our education, political views, race, and ethnicity impact whether or not we...
Proposal Regulating Flock Cameras Introduced

Proposal Regulating Flock Cameras Introduced

A coalition of House Republican members introduced legislation establishing clear restrictions and criminal penalties for the improper use of data collected by Flock cameras and similar automated license plate reader technology. The legislation is in response to...
Local Road Funding Disbursed

Local Road Funding Disbursed

The first payments from the Neighborhood Roads Fund (NRF) were sent to local agencies statewide this week. The NRF was part of the long-term road funding plan aimed at rebuilding state and local roads, bridges, and transit. The plan encompasses a $2 billion annual...