Lansing Update publishes on Fridays when the Michigan Legislature is in session and chronicles legislative activity of interest to Michigan Catholic Conference. Join the Catholic Advocacy Network to receive Lansing Update in your inbox.
Lansing Update / Posted May 13, 2022
A bill that would encourage employers to provide parents paid adoption leave moved forward in the Legislature. Plus, a reminder to all Catholics to sign the Let MI Kids Learn petition to expand education opportunities for low-income kids.
Lansing Update / Posted May 6, 2022
We join with the U.S. bishops in calling the faithful to continue their prayers and work to support mothers after the leak of the draft opinion in a pending abortion case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Also, MCC joins a coalition supporting a $1.65 billion investment to increase access to the basic human right of decent housing in Michigan.
Lansing Update / Posted April 29, 2022
Next year’s budget is starting to take shape and MCC is advocating for funds to help pregnant women in need, the poor and Catholic and nonpublic schools. Read more about where those proposals stand—as well as the momentum building at the Capitol to enact a significant tax cut for the working poor—
Lansing Update / Posted April 22, 2022
Michigan Catholic Conference is seeking to defend the state’s law protecting unborn children by intervening in a Planned Parenthood lawsuit. Plus, updates on defeating a radical abortion petition drive and supporting an education scholarship petition drive and more in
Lansing Update / Posted April 14, 2022
Legislation that would allow hidden guns in schools and churches advanced despite MCC opposition, and funding help for low-income students to attend private colleges was maintained under one legislative budget proposal.
Lansing Update / Posted April 8, 2022
Michigan Catholic Conference this week responded to news of Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Planned Parenthood filing a series of legal actions that collectively seek to overturn Michigan’s nearly century-old law prohibiting abortion.
Lansing Update / Posted April 1, 2022
Catholics across Michigan—including Catholic Advocacy Network members like you—are invited to help collect signatures toward creating a law to help low-income families afford education expenses like tuition and tutoring.
Lansing Update / Posted March 25, 2022
A massive spending bill approved by the Legislature includes more money for affordable housing, homeowner assistance and water filtration systems for schools, including Catholic schools. The Pope also invited the whole Church in consecrating Ukraine and Russia to Our Lady’s Immaculate Heart.
Lansing Update / Posted March 18, 2022
The U.S. Bishops celebrate a congressional budget that will continue blocking tax dollars from funding abortions, and in Michigan, the state House voted against taking taxes off diapers. Plus, MCC's latest edition of Focus on how the Church serves mothers in need is now available, with information on how to find copies.
Lansing Update / Posted March 4, 2022
Extreme Abortion Bill Fails to Advance in U.S. Senate Vote; Bill Expanding Mandatory Reporters of Child Abuse Considered by State Senate; Most Rev. Jeffrey Walsh Officially Installed as Sixth Bishop of Gaylord; Former Bishop of Grand Rapids and Gaylord Passes Away at 92.