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Lansing Update Archives
2009
- Lansing Update, December 11, 2009
- Workplace Smoking Ban to Go in Effect May 2010; Church to Continue Pursuit of Health Care Reform Legislation; Catholic Conference Urges Support for Statewide Public Defender System; Education Reforms Fly as Legislature Focuses on Federal Race to the Top Funding
- Lansing Update, October 30, 2009
- USCCB Launches Massive Grassroots Health Care Reform Effort; Michigan Budget Finalized as Governor Signs Remaining Departmental Budgets; Senate Committee Takes Testimony on Embryo Research Transparency Legislation
- Lansing Update, October 9, 2009
- Senate Passes EITC Legislation, Efforts to Finalize 2009 State Budget Continue; MCC Statement on Appointment of Bishop-Elect Hebda to Diocese of Gaylord
- Lansing Update, October 2, 2009
- MCC Advocacy Priorities Protected in State Budget Stalemate; Action Alert! Phone Calls Needed to Protect Tax Credit for the Working Poor
- Lansing Update, September 18, 2009
- Multiple Budget Scenarios Arise After House Speaker, Senate Majority Leader Strike Target Agreement
- Lansing Update, September 11, 2009
- $2.7 Billion Budget Deficit Remains as September 30 Deadline Looms; MCC Board of Directors Statement on State of Michigan Budget; MCC Board of Directors Says No to 2010 Constitutional Convention; Legislation Prohibiting Conscience Rights for Pharmacies Passes Committee; Follow us on Twitter @MiCatholicConf
- 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
2008
- Lansing Update, December 12, 2008
- $134 Million in Executive Order Budget Cuts Approved; Conference Committee on Smoking Ban to Meet; Measure’s Future Uncertain
- Lansing Update, December 5, 2008
- Lame Duck Session Awaits Executive Order Cuts; House Passes Juvenile Life Without Parole Sentencing Reforms; Smoking Ban Legislation Sent to Conference Committee
- Lansing Update, May 30, 2008
- Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Clears Legislature; Protect Poor and Vulnerable in Energy Debate, Conference Urges Senate; Emergency Contraceptive Bill Headed to Senate
- Lansing Update, May 16, 2008
- House Committee Passes Troublesome Hospital Mandates
- Lansing Update, May 9, 2008
- Smokefree Michigan on the Horizon
- Lansing Update, February 8, 2008
- Petition Forms Approved for Embryo Destructive Research Ballot Drive; Governor Releases Budget Recommendations for Fiscal Year 2009; Action Urged for Partial-Birth Abortion Ban; House, Senate Pass Differing Versions of Driver’s License Fix; Prisoner I.D. Bills Move to House Floor
- Lansing Update, January 25, 2008
- Embryo Destructive Research Proponents Discuss Ballot Drive; Catholic Conference Advocacy Ensures Protection of State EITC; House Committee May Act Soon on Partial-Birth Abortion Ban; MCC Testifies in Support of Juvenile Parole Reform Bills
2007
- Lansing Update, December 7, 2007
- Lansing Update Readers Encouraged to Advocate Against Embryo Destruction; House Passes Landmark Smoking Ban Bill; House Panel Hears Testimony on Adoption Bill; Prisoner Parole Guideline Changes Pass House Committee; Problematic Energy Regulation Bill Introduced
- Lansing Update, November 2, 2007
- Finishing Touches Placed on 2007 Budget; House Committee to Address Embryonic Stem Cell Research Next Week
- Lansing Update, October 12, 2007
- Embryonic Stem Cell Research Ballot Committee Formed; Recall Efforts Announced Against Ten Legislators; Promise Grant Legislation Seeks to Assist Non-Public Schools
- Lansing Update, October 5, 2007
- Conference Launches Massive Statewide Stem Cell Education Program; Tax Increases, Reforms End Four Hour Government Shutdown
- Lansing Update, June 15, 2007
- State Finalizes Tobacco Securitization Plan; House Committee Hears Testimony on Workplace Smoking Ban; Agreement Announced on New Business Tax
- Lansing Update, May 25, 2007
- $1.6B Budget Deficit Looms as Legislature Passes ‘07 Agreement
- Lansing Update, March 30, 2007
- Budget Deficit Worsening, State Could Be $1.1 Billion in Red By May; Speaker Dillon Releases Budget Fix Proposal; House Panel Addresses Prisoner Identification Problem; House Appropriations Committee OKs Executive Order
- Lansing Update, March 23, 2007
- Budget Anxiety Heightened Following New Cuts, Executive Order
- Lansing Update, February 16, 2007
- Budget in Stalemate as GOP Rejects Executive Order; Legislation Introduced to Allow Second Parent Adoptions; Next Week’s Committee Hearings of Interest
- Lansing Update, February 9, 2007
- MCC Questions Governor’s Support for Human Cloning; Tax Increases, Budget Cuts Recommended to Solve Economic Woes
- Lansing Update, January 26, 2007
- House Committee Assignments Finalized; Senate Committee Listing; Senate Panel Receives Update on State Health Care Plan
- Lansing Update, January 12, 2007
- School Safety Bill Signed Into Law; MCC President Named to State Emergency Financial Advisory Panel; House Democrats Roll Out Restructured Committees; State of State Address Set for February 6
- Lansing Update, January 5, 2007
- Legislation Creating a Statewide Cord Blood Bank Enacted; Farmland Preservation Bill Vetoed; 94th Legislature Set to Begin Next Week
2006
- Lansing Update, December 15, 2006
- Governor to Sign Welfare Reform Legislation; State to Award New Michigan Promise Scholarship; MCC to Seek Support for ‘Net Neutrality’; New Report Troubling for Michigan Children; Jack Kevorkian to be Paroled from Prison
- Lansing Update, December 1, 2006
- Bills Promoting Adult Stem Cells Moving Through Legislature; Legislature Again Seeking Limits on State Assistance Programs; 2007-2008 Legislative Leaders Elected
- Lansing Update, June 23, 2006
- MCC Calls for Religious Freedom in Child-Placement Services; ‘The Issues, The Candidates and Your Vote 2006’ Headed to Parishes; Conference Seeks Support for Foster Care Families
- Lansing Update, May 19, 2006
- Strict Welfare Reform Measures Headed to Senate
- Lansing Update, April 7, 2006
- One United Michigan Campaign Kicks-Off
- Lansing Update, March 24, 2006
- Michigan Catholic Conference Urges Support for Adult Stem Cell Research; Conscience Clause Bills Pass House Insurance Committee
- Lansing Update, March 6, 2006
- Federal Government Approves Contraception Waiver; High School Curriculum Mandate Headed to Senate; Senate Committee Confirms New Children’s Ombudsman
- Lansing Update, February 9, 2006
- Bishop Sample Joins Michigan Catholic Conference Board of Directors; Michigan Catholic Conference Testifies Against Contraceptive Mandates; Stem Cell Issue Comes to Forefront in Michigan; House Education Committee Addresses Mandated High School Curriculum; Governor Releases 2006-07 Executive Budget Recommendations
2005
- Lansing Update, December 9, 2005
- House and Senate Pass Welfare Reform Legislation; Board of State Canvassers Approve Three Ballot Initiative Forms for 2006; Ultasound Bill Passes Senate, Heads Back to House for Concurrance
- Lansing Update, December 2, 2005
- Welfare Reform Passes House and Senate, Dangerous Limitations Included; Teacher Loan Forgiveness Bill Passes House; Bills Requiring Background Checks for Long-Term Care Employees Heads to Full House
- Lansing Update, November 11, 2005
- Bishop Sample Joins Michigan Catholic Conference Board of Directors; Michigan Catholic Conference Testifies Against Contraceptive Mandates; Stem Cell Issue Comes to Forefront in Michigan; House Education Committee Addresses Mandated High School Curriculum; Governor Releases 2006-07 Executive Budget Recommendations
- Lansing Update, November 4, 2005
- Agreement Reached on Business Tax Cuts, Investment to Spur Economy; Department of Human Services Releases Welfare Reform Suggestions; Schools to Receive Assistance for Students Displaced by Katrina; Attorney General Rules in Favor of Mexican Drivers
- Lansing Update, September 30, 2005
- 2005-06 State Budget Finalized
- Lansing Update, September 23, 2005
- Action Alert: Urge U.S. Senators to Support Educational Equality; Michigan’s Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Ruled Unconstitutional; Fiscal Year 2005-06 State Budget Update
- Lansing Update, July 1, 2005
- Securitization Includes Protection of Merit Scholarship Funds; Legislation Regulating Payday Lenders Passes House; Senate Passes School Security Bills
- Lansing Update, June 24, 2005
- MCC Calls For Preferential Treatment of State’a Poor and Vulnerable; Support Urged for Federal Fair Housing Proposal; Bishop Walter Hurley Named Bishop of Grand Rapids Diocese; Attorney General Rules Merit Board Cannot Require Service; House Allocates Additional Dollars to Lower-Funded Schools; Legislature Moving ‘Pupil Protection’ Measures
- Lansing Update, June 10, 2005
- House Passes Omnibus Bill Targeting Medicaid, Welfare; Embryonic Stem Cell Research Bills Introduced in Lansing; “Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act of 2005” Update; Michigan Catholic Conference to Assist Usccb in Immigration Campaign
- Lansing Update, May 13, 2005
- Ultrasound Bill Ready for Full House Vote; Senate Outlaws Sale of Violent Video Games to Children; .xxx Domain Names Sought for Adult-Only Web Sites; State Superintendent Search Narrowed to Three Finalists; Federal Stem Cell Bill Introduced, With Michigan Support
- Lansing Update, May 6, 2005
- Committee Passes Legislation Offering Ultrasound Image Prior to Abortion; Bills Creating a State Earned Income Tax Credit Introduced
- Lansing Update, April 29, 2005
- Legislative Day Attracts Some 300 Catholics From Across the State; Equality in Education Among Key Issues Raised at Legislative Day; Governor Unveils Plan to Restructure Merit Award Scholarships; Committee Hearings of Interest
- Lansing Update, March 4, 2005
- Michigan Catholic Conference Announces Advocacy Priorities; Bishop Robert J. Carlson Welcomed as New Bishop of Saginaw Diocese; Statewide Stem Cell Education Effort Announced; Lawmakers, Governor Attempting to Repair State’s Economy; Michigan Catholic Conference Draws Concerns From State Budget Proposals; Office of Children’s Ombudsman Recommends Adoption to Unmarried Couples
