With the Inaugural, the swearing in of new and returning lawmakers and the State of the State address behind Lansing, the state Capitol is up and running in this new Legislative session. That means House and Senate sessions, committee hearings and the first bill signing of the legislative session. It’s a familiar cycle for those who know the state Capitol and that includes John Sellek, CEO of Harbor Strategic Public Affairs, Adrian Hemond, CEO of Grassroots Midwest, and Rick Pluta, Senior Capitol Correspondent of the Michigan Public Radio Network. They’re all here to dig into the week that was in Michigan politics.
Want more about what the political roundtable discussed this week? Dig into the agenda:
- Governor Whitmer’s first bill signing
- Tax cut negotiations
- An expansion of the state’s Elliott-Larsen Civil Rights Act
- An early presidential primary in Michigan