Lowering the age limit from 21 to 19 to work at marijuana businesses could help address a workforce shortage and provide an earlier opening for career opportunities, a Senate Democrat said this week.
A House panel on Wednesday discussed a Senate bill that would increase maximum penalties for natural gas safety violations from $10,000 to $200,000.
A Senate panel on Thursday reported bills to expand Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy rulemaking authority and to create the Michigan High-Speed Internet Office in the Department of Labor and Economic Opportunity, respectively.
Legislation that would create a complaint process with various requirements to deal with dangerous or potentially dangerous dogs was heard in a Senate committee on Tuesday after many years of introductions by the bill sponsor.
Senators' main questions Thursday for Department of Transportation officials about the governor's proposed budget centered on the level of marijuana revenues it is receiving and on the level of debt service payments that could be made.
The Senate Energy and Environment Committee heard testimony Thursday on a proposal to allow the Public Service Commission to levy administrative fines against pipeline operators that violate state gas safety standards which align with federal penalties.
The sponsors of Senate bills introduced Thursday said they would help improve public safety by dealing with dangerous dogs, a proposal that has come up in similar forms in previous sessions.
Michigan recently allowed public universities to sell alcohol at sporting events, and Kristin Beltzer, the new chair of the Liquor Control Commission , called the transition seamless, adding that the ease of the process is due to her team's proactive communication.
Legislation requiring dental oral assessments for children registering for the first time in kindergarten or the first grade was signed into law by Governor Gretchen Whitmer on Wednesday.
The Democratic-controlled Legislature completed its work on one of its top fall priorities Wednesday, giving final passage to bills that would quadruple the state's renewable energy mandate, create a new clean energy standard and move siting decisions for large-scale solar and wind projects to the Public Service Commission .