Blog tagged as Legislature

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 01/04/2023) As U.S. Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.) wrestled with 20 GOP members in his bid for U.S. House speaker, the archives at the Michigan Library yielded up memories of the last Speaker's fight in the Michigan Legislature.

(Source: MIRS.news, Published 01/03/2023) The legislator with the most bills signed into law during 2022 was former Sen. Wayne Schmidt, a Traverse City Republican and past chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittees on K-12 and the Michigan Department of Education and Transportation.

After Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey (R-Clarklake) turned heads with a goodbye speech warning that COVID-19 was a test before present-day policy discussions pursue "one world control," he told MIRS he knows people think he's off his rocker.

House Minority Leader Donna Lasinski (D-Scio Twp.) said she believes the incoming Democratic majority will take a much more hands-on approach to session than the Republican majority in 2022, though it may take a few months to get their legs underneath them.

The State Officers Compensation Commission (SOCC) is scheduled to huddle sometime next year, and the new chair is inclined to "leave lawmakers out of it" and move onto increasing the salaries of state officers instead.