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98% of Michigan LCV Endorsed Candidates Win 2022 Primary Election The August 2 primary saw voters across the state turn out to make their voices heard. More than 2 million […]

Correction: In last week’s edition of the Capital Catch-Up, copy editing errors mistakenly named gubernatorial candidates Ralph Rebandt and Ryan Kelley. Thank you to our readers for catching the errors! […]

GOP Debate Features Candidates Unfit for Office of the Governor  With the August primary right around the corner, the seventh GOP gubernatorial primary debate was held last Wednesday, giving the […]

Michigan LCV Launches Summer Canvass Program to Support Endorsed Frontline Candidates As part of our mission, Michigan LCV works to elect candidates to office that share our passion for protecting […]

Legislature and Governor Reach $76B State Budget Agreement; More Likely to Come After the Summer: After weeks of negotiations that included discussions around large scale tax breaks and a gas […]

Environmentally Damaging Ethanol Subsidy Passed by Senate Last Thursday, the Senate passed SB 814 24-14 after the bill was heard in the Senate Agriculture committee earlier that day. The bill, […]

Consumers Energy Commits to be National Clean Energy Leader After PSC Approves Integrated Resource Plan Last Thursday, the Michigan Public Service Commission approved a settlement between Consumers Energy, Attorney General […]

Michigan LCV’s Government Affairs Team at The Mackinac Policy Conference! Last week, Michigan LCV’s State Government Affairs team attended the Detroit Regional Chamber’s annual Mackinac Policy Conference, an event at […]

State Gas Tax Suspension Makes for Good Politics, but It’s Very Bad Public Policy  In another hurried session and with little vetting or economic analysis, the Michigan Senate voted to […]

Senate Budget Denies Underfunded Michigan Communities Federal Dollars and Critical Programming Last week, the GOP-led Senate approved a revised version of their 2023 budget proposal that would not only slash […]