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Michigan one step closer to restoring commonsense liability standard
March 5, 2026
Advocacy News – March 5, 2026 What’s new: The House Judiciary Committee passed legislation this week to restore predictability and balance in Michigan’s premise liability ...
AI tools and training for small businesses
March 5, 2026
Advocacy News – March 5, 2026 What’s happening: Google recently announced several free resources to help small businesses better understand and use artificial intelligence, including a ...
New bills would ban data center development in Michigan
March 5, 2026
Advocacy News – March 5, 2026 What happened: A bipartisan group of lawmakers have introduced legislation (HB 5594-6) to ban the construction of new data centers ...
Gov. Whitmer’s last State of the State focused on literacy, housing and healthcare
February 26, 2026
Advocacy News – Feb. 26, 2026 What’s happening: Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivered her final State of the State address Wednesday evening during a joint session of ...
Speaker proposes nearly $5 billion sales tax on services. We need to know how this could impact your business.
February 25, 2026
Advocacy News – Feb. 25, 2026 What’s happening: House Speaker Matt Hall has unveiled what he calls the most significant tax restructuring proposal in state ...
MI Chamber calls on Senate to take action, move on SPEED Act
February 25, 2026
Advocacy News – Feb. 25, 2026 What’s new: In December, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 4776, the “SPEED Act” (Standardizing Permitting and Expediting Economic Development ...
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