More than a year-and-a-half and 121 approved facility licenses later, the state's Medical Marihuana Licensing Board (MMLB) has met its end by the hand of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's executive order reorganizing the state's marijuana regulatory …
Governor Whitmer came out today with her proposed budget which includes a small business tax and a 45-cent per gallon gas tax increase.
The great reputation and hard work that SBAM puts into maintaining and building strong bipartisan relationships was on full display at the Leadership Council’s winter meeting.
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The Legislature was within its right to amend two citizen-initiated laws during the same legislative session in which they were adopted, the chair of the Michigan Law Revision Commission told MIRS Wednesday.
The Small Business for a Better Michigan (SBBM) today expressed support for House Resolution 25 and Senate Resolution 16, taken up by the House and Senate today, calling on the Michigan Supreme Court to opine …
A legal challenge to take down the Legislature's lame duck changes to the state's minimum wage and paid sick leave proposals is coming soon, MIRS has learned.
Secretary of State (SOS) Jocelyn Benson said Tuesday she'd be forming an office within the SOS to implement the independent redistricting commission, the voter-approved panel that will redraw the 2021 legislative and congressional boundaries.
In her State of the State address Governor Whitmer covered a wide range of issues, but many of the details will not be available until the budget is presented next month.
Prescription drugs have become the biggest expense category in health care at 23.3 percent, according to national statistics. Medicine costs make up more of the total health care pie than staying in the hospital, which …
State government still owes $1.2 billion for road projects that were approved as many as two decades ago and will pay an estimated $196.6 million in interest this fiscal year alone on the debt, a House …
To help small businesses better advocate on specific issues impacting their companies in the Michigan Legislature, the Small Business Association of Michigan (SBAM) today launched MainStreet Legislative Consulting.
Not long ago, Foxconn (manufacturer of iPhones) had several states and the federal government bending over backwards offering tax incentives to lure their proposed U.S. project.
Secretary of State (SOS) Jocelyn Benson Tuesday asked Attorney General Dana Nessel to opine on the constitutionality of the law passed in lame duck that set limits, per congressional district, on signatures gathered for citizens' initiatives.
Secretary of State (SOS) Jocelyn Benson announced a proposed deal in the federal redistricting lawsuit that would involve the Legislature redrawing 11 state House districts, which the court would then have to approve for the …
The team at SBAM didn’t waste any time getting the member-driven agenda started in the New Year.
With parts of the federal government still shuttered since Dec. 22, will Michigan's now-$1.1 billion Rainy Day Fund come into play at some point?
Arguing the court has "found significant evidence of partisan gerrymandering," Secretary of State (SOS) Jocelyn Benson filed a brief in the League of Women Voters of Michigan (LWV) redistricting lawsuit that opens the door to …