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MML President and Westland Mayor Bill Wild (second row left) attends a Zoom meeting with U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Janet Yellen (bottom of frame) earlier today. Michigan Municipal League Board President Bill Wild, mayor of Westland, and other board members were actively fighting on behalf of Michigan communities in...

DTMB is hosting a program that helps local public entities improve their cybersecurity posture. Michigan Cyber Partners is a collaboration between various divisions at the State of Michigan, including Michigan Cyber Security and the Michigan State Police, and local public entities across Michigan to strengthen, improve, and promote cybersecurity resources [...]

This Thursday, February 25, 2021, at 2:30pm ET, FEMA is hosting an overview of FY 2021 DHS Preparedness Grants Notices of Funding Opportunities informational teleconference  Local officials working with grant programs are invited to join the call. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Preparedness Grant Programs, administered by FEMA,...

The Michigan Municipal League recently attended a webinar by the National Civic League.  As part of our commitment to lifting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion strategies we are sharing this resource as something to consider while working on your community budgets. The National Civic League’s webinar was called Engaging the Public...

Registration is open for the National League of Cities Congressional City Conference, taking place March 7th-10th. This year, the conference will be held virtually and features many sessions on local government issues, including Lead and Copper Rules, Local Transportation, Criminal Justice Reform and many more! In addition to the sessions [...]

Governor Whitmer released her budget recommendation for the upcoming Fiscal Year 21-22 budget cycle this morning and a number of items that the League has actively been advocating for were included in this morning's announcement.  A full detail of the Executive Budget for FY2022 is available here. Following last month's...

Officials involved with the state’s redistricting process have asked the Michigan Municipal League to share the following message with our members. In short, they are asking to have someone speak about this process at your council and commission meetings virtually during the month of March. We know this redistricting process...

The Michigan Municipal League has been actively working to help our communities emerge from the financial hardships caused by the COVID-19 pandemic and there are two promising developments at the state and federal level on this effort. With the support of League member communities, these two developments would provide some...

The Michigan Department of Treasury recently published new guidance on new poverty exemption options. Under PA 253 of 2020, legislation that was completed during December's lame duck period, local governments have been given the option to extend additional relief opportunities to taxpayers that are eligible for the existing property tax poverty...

Following the issuance of President Biden’s memorandum that increased FEMA’s cost share to 100 percent federal, today, the Biden Administration clarified that FEMA will be “retroactively reimbursing states fully for the FEMA-eligible services – including masks, gloves, emergency feeding actions, sheltering at risk populations and mobilization of the National Guard [...]