Allowing a car insurance customer to not purchase personal injury protection (PIP) coverage, even if an individual’s health insurance company covers auto accident claims, is a bridge too far for Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in the …
There are so many things happening in the political world that it’s hard to know where to begin.
House Republicans stuck together and, with the support of three Democrats, pushed through sweeping reforms to the state's auto insurance system for the first time since the Michigan's no-fault law was created more than 40 …
Public school district officials wouldn't need to get a waiver from the Department of Education (MDE) if they wanted their schools to start before Labor Day, under legislation that moved out of a House committee …
Special elections with new maps will need to be held in 2020 in congressional, state Senate and House districts as part of the League of Women Voters' (LWV) gerrymandering lawsuit, a three-judge Court of Appeals …
The three-bill civil asset forfeiture package -- SB 0002, HB 4001, and HB 4002 -- was sent to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for her presumed signature Thursday.
The redistricting controversy is back in the news and it is sure to cast a long shadow over the legislative process in the coming months.
When there's an emergency -- a heart attack, a fire, an active shooter -- dispatchers automatically get an address of where the 911 call is coming from. But in larger facilities, they won't know where …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's plans to connect older students and new high school graduates to two-year higher education scholarships were unveiled Thursday morning amid bipartisan, business and union support at Lansing Community College.
It seems like bipartisanship is hard to come by these days. Here at SBAM, we are committed to being intentionally bipartisan because we advocate for policies that help small businesses thrive, regardless of who proposes …
Senate and House leaders are coordinating their efforts to reach agreement on no-fault auto insurance reform, up front -- at the beginning of the legislative process. The term they're using for this approach is that …
After days of trying to define what Senate Republicans plan to do regarding new funding for Michigan's crumbling roads, a clarifying moment Thursday morning produced the following: Their budget will have more road funding dollars, …
Small Business Association of Michigan President Brian Calley today praised the decision by the Michigan Supreme Court to hear arguments on the constitutionality of the state’s minimum wage and paid sick time laws.
The U.S. Department of Labor announced this week that the Office of the Federal Register has published the Department’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would make more than a million more American workers eligible for …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer hasn't suggested it. Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake) told reporters he doesn't envision it. But currently the elephant in the room is the potential pairing of Michigan's two biggest issues, crumbling …
Consumers would have to be notified within 45 days if their "sensitive personally identifying information" was stolen in a data breach, under two bills that moved out of the House Financial Services Committee Wednesday morning.
The small business community quickly called out Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's plan to tax small business more like large corporations as a way to raise money to pay for a return to the income tax exemption …
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's plan to "fix the damn roads" includes increasing the gas tax by 45 cents as part of a three-step process starting Oct. 1 and ending Oct. 1, 2020.