Senate OKs Campaign Finance Commission, Prop 3 Implementation Bills
The full Senate voted Thursday to create a new six-member, bipartisan campaign finance regulation commission, removing those enforcement powers from the Secretary of State (SOS).
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December 11, 2018
December 5, 2018
Governor Signs Amendments on Minimum Wage and Paid Sick Leave Mandates
Gov. Rick Snyder signed into law changes to the minimum wage and paid sick leave initiatives last Friday. With the original legislation being extremely burdensome to Michigan’s business community, a coalition of Michigan job providers including …
December 4, 2018
Senate Bill Hikes Minimum Wage To $12 By 2030, Then Leaves It There
The Senate's changes to the minimum wage initiative not only keeps the tip credit system around, but unchains any future increases after 2030 from inflationary increases, meaning the minimum wage would stay frozen at $12 …
December 4, 2018
‘Flow-Through’ Exemption Restorer Bill Heads To House
Nearly 250,000 Michigan "Flow-Through" business organized as S Corporations or partnerships could claim state income tax exemptions under legislation that the Senate unanimously passed Thursday.
November 28, 2018
Lame Duck — 5 Things That Fly, 5 That Die, 5 That May & 5 That Stay
The bird state Capitol folks are thinking about these days isn't turkey. It's lame duck, that special time when difficult policies are shoved through under the cover of Yule-time joy and out-going legislators feeling free to …
November 28, 2018
Paid Sick Leave, $12 Minimum Wage Supporters Decry ‘Gutting’ Of Policies
Supporters of the new $12 minimum wage law and paid sick leave policy created through the legislatively passed citizens initiatives earlier this year said any changes made to either in lame duck would be "gutting" …
November 13, 2018
Bills Affecting Minimum Wage, Paid Sick Leave Introduced In Senate
A bill to preserve the tip credit for servers, as well as another bill amending the paid sick leave initiative, were both introduced in the Senate last week.
November 13, 2018
Hanna-Attisha, Loepp Among Whitmer Transition Team
Dr. Mona Hanna-Attisha and Blue Cross Blue Shield CEO Daniel Loepp are among those named to Gov.-elect Gretchen Whitmer’s transition team, it was announced Wednesday.
November 7, 2018
Paid Sick Leave Campaign To Continue Advocacy Efforts As A Nonprofit
The ballot committee behind the paid sick leave initiative is dissolving, but the group pushing the issue will continue operating as a nonprofit with a similar name.
November 7, 2018
What Does $1B In Cuts Look Like?
When Michigan's state budget was on the ropes between 2002-2011, then-House Fiscal Agency Director Mitch Bean would carry around a list of $1 billion in budget cuts in his suit pocket.
October 30, 2018
EPIC-MRA Says Whitmer’s Lead Is 5; Target Insyght Says 4
Two polls released Thursday suggest the governor's race may not be sewn up for Gretchen Whitmer, with one having her lead over Bill Schuette at 5 points and a second having her lead at 4, slightly …
October 30, 2018
Trump authorizes $922M for new Soo Lock
President Donald Trump Oct. 23 signed a federal spending bill that allows for, among other things, the $922 million authorization for the construction of a new 1,200-foot lock at the Soo Locks.
October 23, 2018
Top 10 Senate Districts Most Likely to Flip
What is going on in Oakland County? The home of Brooks Patterson is either Democrats' ground zero for a dreamed takeback of the state Senate or their worst Election Day nightmare, one that validates the cultish-like …
October 23, 2018
Top 15 House Seats Most Likely To Flip
It's two weeks until Election Day and, as in past elections, the field seems to be spreading. Democrats are anxious to hit on a race that's going to help get them the nine seats needed …
October 16, 2018
Legal Pot Will Make Insurance Rates Go Up? Pro-Prop 1 Advocate Calls It ‘Silly’
Average auto insurance rates went up $200 per Colorado resident the year after the state legalized recreational marijuana and other states saw a 10 to 16 percent increase the year after they legalized pot, too, …
October 16, 2018
Schuette, Whitmer Take Off Gloves In Spirited First Debate
(GRAND RAPIDS) - Bill Schuette and Gretchen Whitmer verbally battered each other in Friday's first general election gubernatorial debate, with familiar charges of the Democrat's alleged "extreme agenda" and the Republican's perceived tendency of only doing his …
October 8, 2018
Groups Band Together To Create Health Plan For Small Businesses
Two of Michigan's leading small business organizations announced the creation of a new health insurance program, known as an Association Health Plan (AHP), that they say could actually lower rates for small businesses.
October 8, 2018
Proposal 1 Roundup: Marijuana Ice Cream, Water On The Way?
Marijuana use among teenagers did not increase the year after the states of Colorado and Washington voted to legalize recreational marijuana, according to fact sheets supplied by the health departments of both states.
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