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Governor Snyder recently unveiled his “Marshall Plan” for talent. It’s designed to combat the more than 811,000 career openings that will need to be filled through 2024 in fields that are facing a talent shortage. The plan calls for a $100 million budget injection for a five-year work plan to [...]

Yesterday the Legislature sent to the Governor the $175 million in leftover General Fund dollars from last year for state and local transportation departments as additional money to fix Michigan’s roads. Local road agencies will receive these funds in addition to their FY 2018 payments. The additional revenue should be [...]

Last night the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality held a public hearing on the proposed lead and copper rule.Comments were provided by about 30 individuals and organizations. Everyone who spoke will have their comments added to the public record. Here are some of the key highlights from the draft rule. [...]

On February 12th the president release his budget proposal for FY 2019. The proposal includes $3 trillion in domestic cuts over ten years, many of which Congress has already rejected twice. Together, these cuts represent a historic disinvestment from cities and local governments, including the elimination of or reductions to [...]

On February 12th the President released his plan to invest at least $1.5 trillion in infrastructure over the next 10 years. The plan includes no new revenue and instead would utilize $200 billion in existing federal fund to leverage over $1 billion in funds from state, local and private sources. [...]

The Michigan Municipal League participated on the Lead and Copper Rule Stakeholder Workgroup that is assisting MDEQ with recommendations to address modifications to the Administrative Rules promulgated pursuant to Michigan’s Safe Drinking Water Act, 1976 PA 399, as amended. We believe the discussion and any changes to the rule or [...]

The Federal Highway Administration, Center for Local Aid Support (FHWA-CLAS), invites you to participate in a Local Agency Training and Technical Assistance Needs Assessment.  Local agencies own seventy-six percent of the U.S. road network.  In this ownership role, many face challenges in maintaining and operating their network, including the need [...]

The Michigan Department of Transportation is pleased to announce the solicitation of applications for candidate projects for the Local Bridge Program. Selected projects will be funded during the 2021 fiscal year (FY). Do not submit projects which cannot be committed to construction within FY 2021. The applications can be submitted [...]

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is pleased to announce the availability of funds for local agency use to attend the 23rd Annual Michigan Traffic Safety Summit. The Summit will be held at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center in East Lansing, Michigan, from March 20 to 22, 2018. MDOT [...]

Last week Governor Snyder followed up his January State of the State address with daily, detailed announcements on each of the proposals from his speech. Each day featured one of the Governor’s priority areas of infrastructure and the environment.  See the attached documents to learn more about what was announced. Monday’s topic was Ubiquitous Broadband [...]