A stable and competitive business environment is foundational to economic growth. Michigan can foster this by simplifying government procedures, ensuring consistent tax and regulation policies, and upgrading both physical and digital infrastructure. These efforts foster confidence in businesses to invest, grow, and hire in Michigan, which in turn supports increases in GDP, payroll, and capital.
Policy Priorities
- Promote an efficient and effective government that is customer-centric and free from fraud.
- Ensure labor regulations are consistent across city lines, preventing bureaucratic headaches from misaligned policy.
- Support policies that ensure the viability of Michigan’s long-term health care and health care insurance delivery to employers and citizens.
- Prioritize tax competitiveness, maintain a multi-year commitment to policy stability, and defend against corporate income tax burdens that make investing in Michigan less attractive than competing states and drive businesses and taxpayers out of Michigan.
2026 Legislative Goals
- Bring Michigan in line with business tax benefits provided by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, such as full R&D and depreciation expensing.
- Remove regulatory barriers to new development projects and ensure permits are promptly approved by creating a “permit shot clock.”
- Ensure businesses are protected from frivolous and inflationary lawsuits by further defining an “open and obvious hazard”.
- Support initiatives to prepare Michigan’s electric grid for future growth from artificial intelligence as well as advance carbon capture and sequestration projects.
- Educate policymakers at the state and federal levels about the disproportionate impact of tariff policies on Michigan
“Policy consistency is difficult … [but] if we can get some alignment between the parties and our leaders … we can move Michigan forward.”
– Sandy K. Baruah, President and Chief Executive Officer, Detroit Regional Chamber