Lansing Update
Lansing Update publishes when the Michigan Legislature is in session and chronicles legislative activity of interest to the Michigan Catholic Conference. To subscribe or unsubscribe to Lansing Update, please email your request to mccinfo@micatholicconference.org.
- Lansing Update, June 26, 2009
- Legislature Adjourns for July 4th Holiday as Budget Bills Head to Conference; Conscience Prohibition, Contraceptive Mandate Bills Introduced; Package of Bills to Reform Failing Schools Moves to Senate
- Lansing Update, June 19, 2009
- Conference Supports Introduction of Transparency in Embryo Research Bills; Cuts All Around as Senate Moves Budget Bills
- Lansing Update, May 22, 2009
- Legislation Seeking to Expand Health Care Coverage in Michigan Introduced; Committee Likely to Vote on Juvenile Life Without Parole Bills Next Week; Campaign for Justice Holds 2nd Annual Public Defense Conference
- Lansing Update, May 15, 2009
- Budget Deficit for 2009–2010 Pegged at $1.7 Billion; Judiciary Sends Mandatory Minimum Sentencing Changes to Full House
- Lansing Update, May 8, 2009
- Safety Net Slashed as Legislature Eliminates $1.3 Billion Deficit; Conference Testifies in Support of Juvenile Life Without Parole Changes; House Education Committee Takes Up “School Turnaround Plan” Bills
- Lansing Update, May 1, 2009
- State Budget Deficit Rockets to at Least $1.2 Billion
- Lansing Update, April 24, 2009
- Second-Parent Adoption Bill Heads to House Floor; Proposals for $785 Million Budget Deficit Expected Next Week
- Lansing Update, April 3, 2009
- 2009–10 Budget Bills Begin to Move; House Committee Continues to Hear Testimony on Smoking Ban; Utility Shut-Off Protection Bills Move on to Senate
- Lansing Update, March 27, 2009
- MCC Appointed to Michigan Low-Income Energy Assistance Task Force; Utility Shut-Off Protection Bills Move on to Full House; Higher Education Budget Advances with Tuition Grant Secure; Time Winding Down for Public Comments on HHS Conscience Rescission
- Lansing Update, March 13, 2009
- Catholic Conference Comments on Embryo Research Executive Order; House Creates Subcommittee on Indigent Defense; Catholic Conference Questions U.S. Senators’ Commitments to Education
- Lansing Update, March 6, 2009
- Conference Urges Support for D.C. Voucher Program; High School Drop-out Age Increase Headed to Senate; Support for USCCB Pro-Life Email Campaign Urged by MCC; Catholic Conference Issues Statement in Support of Safe Stem Cell Research Discovery; Schedule for Departmental Budgets Announced
- Lansing Update, February 20, 2009
- Campaign to Improve Indigent Public Defense Launches
- Lansing Update, February 13, 2009
- Governor’s Budget Recommendations Include $670 Million in Cuts; Wayne County Executive Seeks to Lure Embryo Destructive Research Firms; Legislation Increasing High School Drop Out Age Moves Out of Committee
- Lansing Update, January 30, 2009
- Catholic Conference Releases 2009–2010 Advocacy Priorities; Committee Assignments Announced, Legislature Begins New Session; State Senate Adopts Resolution Honoring Catholic Schools Week; Legislation of Interest
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