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Michigan one step closer to restoring commonsense liability standard

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

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

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

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.

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

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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