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Having served in state office for the last 12 years in a term-limited environment, I’ve seen several transitions to new executive and legislative leadership.
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January 21, 2019
January 15, 2019
Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Is First Horse Out Of The Gate
A drug dealer would have to be convicted before police could keep, through civil asset forfeiture, money or property seized as proceeds of the crime, under legislation introduced Wednesday, the first two bills of the …
January 15, 2019
State Revenues To Tick Up $264M This Year, $225M More Next Year
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is starting off with $264.7 million more in state revenues than previously expected this fiscal year and $225 million more than previously estimated in state revenue for her first budget for Fiscal …
January 14, 2019
This time, something feels different
Last week, I had the honor of joining my wife, Representative Julie Calley, as she was sworn in to the 100th State Legislature. It is a beautiful ceremony.
January 8, 2019
Renew Michigan, ‘No Stricter,’ 15% Bills Among Those Signed By Snyder
Among the 126 bills Gov. Rick SNYDER signed the Friday before he left office was HB 4991, which locks $69 million in income tax revenue that would have gone to schools to environmental cleanup and …
January 8, 2019
Whitmer Calls For More State Contracts For ‘Disadvantaged’ Businesses
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has asked the state to adopt policies to increase the contracts the state awards to "geographically disadvantaged businesses" so as to expand business opportunities in "low-income communities and underutilized business areas."
January 2, 2019
Calley named President of Small Business Association of Michigan
Outgoing Lt. Governor to lead organization’s communications and government affairs teams.
December 18, 2018
Gov Signs Paid Sick Leave, Minimum Wage Changes
Gov. Rick Snyder Friday signed into law changes to the minimum wage and paid sick leave initiatives favored by the GOP Legislature and the business community.
December 18, 2018
House Agrees To Cap Citizens Petition Signatures By Congressional Districts
Signatures for ballot proposals would be capped for each congressional district at 15 percent of the total number of signatures submitted -- and anything beyond that would be thrown out -- under legislation that leapt …
December 11, 2018
House Further Revises, Then Passes Paid Sick Leave, Minimum Wage Bills
The minimum wage would go to $12.05, not $12, by 2030, and tipped workers would be paid 38 percent of the regular minimum wage, under amended minimum wage and paid sick leave bills that cleared …
December 11, 2018
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).
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.
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