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Here are some of ineligible uses of the American Rescue Plan support for municipalities. These were shared Monday as part of a presentation by the U.S. Department of the Treasury during a webinar Monday. Due to the overwhelming interest in this topic, the White House and U.S. Department of the...

Staff from the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and the U.S. Department of the Treasury just wrapped up their second local government briefing following today’s release of the Interim Final Guidance for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery program within the American Rescue Plan (ARP) federal stimulus. Prior...

Here are some ineligible uses of the American Rescue Plan support for municipalities as presented by the U.S. Department of the Treasury during a webinar Monday. UPDATE: Due to popular demand, the White House expanded the ZoomGov audience capacity for our White House Briefing on the American Rescue Plan’s State...

Here are some of ineligible uses of the American Rescue Plan support for municipalities. These were shared Monday as part of a presentation by the U.S. Department of the Treasury during a webinar Monday. New Update: The National League of Cities (NLC) and the Michigan Municipal League (MML) will each...

New Update: The National League of Cities (NLC) and the Michigan Municipal League (MML) will each have events about the new guidelines in the coming days. The NLC will have a Federal Advocacy Update Call at 4 p.m. Wednesday, May 12 (register here) and the MML will unpack the guidelines...

This term, Senate Republicans unveiled their 39-bill package to address concerns with elections security, operations, and access stemming from the 2020 elections.  Our members on The League’s Elections Subcommittee reviewed the bills based on our interpretation of our role as stewards of the community and administrators of the electoral experience....

Since their return from Spring Break last month, the House and Senate budget subcommittees have been working to finalize their respective versions of the state budget for every state department and program for the upcoming FY21-22 state fiscal year.  Those budget subcommittees recently released their proposed spending plans and they...

Starting this Monday, May 3, the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) is asking Michigan city, village and township leaders to fill out an important survey about broadband service. Below are details that the MPSC has asked the Michigan Municipal League to share with our members. MPSC is a member of...

The Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) published Michigan’s 2020 Roads and Bridges Annual Report and distributed it to the Michigan Legislature, State Transportation Commission and Michigan Infrastructure Council (MIC) as required by law. The 2020 condition for Michigan’s Federal Aid eligible paved roads has made some progress with: 22%...

House Bill 4722 was introduced this week seeking to eliminate a municipality’s ability to regulate short-term vacation rentals. Unfortunately, this bill mirrors several past pieces of legislation and does not include any compromises we’ve worked on the past several years. The League has engaged in multiple stakeholder meetings on this...