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The 2020 COPS Hiring Program (CHP) is a competitive grant program designed to advance public safety through community policing by addressing the full-time sworn officer needs of state, local, and tribal law enforcement agencies nationwide. CHP provides funds directly to law enforcement agencies to hire new or rehire existing career [...]

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is pleased to announce the availability of funds for local agency use to attend the 25th Annual Michigan Traffic Safety Summit. The Summit will be held at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing, Michigan, on March 10 and 11, 2020. MDOT [...]

The US Office of the Secretary of Transportation (OST) has announced the FY 2020 round of the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program. The Notice of Funding Opportunity has been posted on the Build America Bureau website. Additional information on how to apply, frequently asked questions and the Department’s [...]

As part of its series of five road commissioner-oriented training modules (15-25 minute videos) giving a high-level overview of the Local Agency Pavement Warranty Program, the Local Technical Assistance Program (LTAP) has scheduled a live-from-Michigan Tech webinar to take a “deeper dive” into the specifics of implementing and documenting pavement [...]

Officials from several Michigan communities testified in a House subcommittee Thursday, January 23,  about the devastating impact of shoreline erosion and high waters. A related report given by Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) predicted little relief is in sight as water levels are expected to get [...]

The Michigan Municipal League has secured a hearing in the House Appropriation Sub-Committee on Natural Resources and Environmental Quality to highlight the devastating impact of shoreline erosion and high waters on Michigan’s coastal communities. The hearing, scheduled for Thursday, January 23rd at 10:30 a.m., and located at the Anderson House [...]

The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) is hosting the last two public hearings this week, on Jan. 14th and Jan. 16th on draft rules to regulate several types of fluorinated chemicals that may pose a health risk where they’re being found in public drinking water. Those [...]

Just before the legislature broke for the holidays, they were able to find agreement with the Governor and finalize the budget for FY 2020. Within that budget there was significant discussion about revenue for roads. The Governor was advocating for new revenue and the Legislature sent her a budget that [...]

Good news from the federal level. Senator Markey (Massachusetts) intends to introduce legislation in the Senate and Representative Anna Eshoo (California) intends to be the House champion for a bill that would clarify the definition of franchise fees as monetary, so that in-kind franchise contributions are protected from the 2019 [...]

The National League of Cities has opened registration for their March 2020 Congressional City Conference in Washington, DC. Dates for this event are March 7th through March 11th at the Marriott Wardman Park hotel, near Adams Morgan. NLC Congressional City Conference – March 7-11 Michigan Municipal League staff will help [...]