THE LATEST COVID-19 UPDATES  MDHHS REVISES GATHERINGS AND FACE MASK ORDER  On Friday, Dec. 18, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) updated its epidemic order to allow the reopening of some indoor...

THREE-WEEK ‘PAUSE’ EXTENDED FOR 12 DAYS On Monday, Dec. 7, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) extended the ‘Pause to Save Lives’ epidemic order  through December 20 to continue to slow the spread...

LEGISLATIVE UPDATE  Last week was the first week of this year’s lame-duck session. The Senate agenda was incredibly lengthy, and we passed dozens of bills, including a package of bills which cut taxes for fully automated warehouses that...

This week, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services announced an epidemic order to curb the rampant rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations, and deaths throughout Michigan. This action comes in the wake of a press conference...

Last week, a record number of Michiganders voted in a truly historic and unprecedented election. Here in Oakland County, we saw over 75.52% voter turnout, just topping the previous high turnout of 72.5% in 2008. This was also a year that brought a...

In this Edition: UIA Support Phone Appointments Now Available Legislative Updates Election 2020: What You Need to Know In the News What We’ve Been Up To  UIA Support Phone Appointments Now Available The Unemployment...

Last week, we learned some truly horrific news: the FBI, Michigan State Police, and Attorney General had foiled a domestic terrorist plot and charged 13 men with planning to kidnap Governor Whitmer, along with details that they’d planned to storm...

In this Edition  Absentee Ballots Updates Legislative Session and Committee Updates Beaumont Merger  VOTING IS HAPPENING NOW! With the 2020 election approximately one month away, it’s hard to believe that voting is already...

In this Edition Secretary of State UpdatesLegislative UpdatesCensus 2020 UpdateMI Safe Start UpdateIn the NewsWhat We’ve Been Up To SECRETARY OF STATE UPDATES Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson recently announced that Secretary of State...

Going into this budget season, when we were crunching the numbers this spring, our economic outlook was bleak. Due to COVID-19, our state was looking like it would face a cut of $3 billion from our $10 billion General Fund budget. However, due to...