Early this afternoon, over our objection, the Michigan Senate took final action on HB 5120 and 5121 and swiftly voted along party lines (20-18) to advance the legislation from the Senate Chamber. These bills will be before the Governor shortly,…

After passing the House late last week in an early morning Friday session, swift action continued in the Senate yesterday on HB 5120 and 5121. Testimony was heard from the bill sponsors and leading stakeholders in Senate Energy and Environment…

In the early morning hours, the House was able to pass legislation that would reform Michigan’s energy laws and streamline the siting process for utility scale renewable energy facilities. The passage of this energy legislation has been a priority of…

The House worked late into the night yesterday and will be returning this morning to finish work on a few major items. While navigating action on multiple issues, a significant step forward was achieved on our top priority. The Revenue…

Good morning, House Bill 4688, which would make minimum staffing levels for all local government units a mandatory topic of collective bargaining, was just voted out of House Labor Committee. It’s also possible this bill will be taken up by…

The Michigan Municipal League testified in opposition to House Bill 4729, as introduced, in the House Labor Committee yesterday. This bill is the same as SB 244, which the League opposed in April. The legislation amends the Worker’s Disability Compensation…

From the Michigan Public Service Commission:  In recent years, there has been significant attention and funding toward broadband expansion throughout Michigan. Internet Service Providers (ISPs) will continue ramping up investment, construction, and expanding their broadband infrastructure in the coming years…

The State-Subdivision Agreement created a Special Circumstances Fund to address special circumstances of the opioid epidemic not captured by the metrics used to calculate the local government’s allocation percentage. As defined by the State-Subdivision Agreement, local governments may apply for…

Today, the House Regulatory Reform Committee took action on House Bill 4965 from Rep. Joey Andrews with a 14-0-1 vote. HB 4965 would specifically exempt streaming and satellite services such as Netflix, Disney+, Hulu, YouTube TV, and others from the…

This week, the House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee took testimony on legislation that would allow for the creation of a local hotel tax. House Bill 5048, sponsored by Representative John Fitzgerald, would allow the governing body of any…