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Don’t forget to tune in to Live with the League today at noon because we will take a deep dive look at the 2023-24 fiscal year budget recently approved in the House and Senate. The massive, $82 billion state budget deal passed in the Legislature June 28 is now awaiting...

The Michigan Municipal League had a tremendously successful kickoff orientation meeting Thursday at the state Capitol for our member-driven internal legislative committees. The work by these legislative committees is critical to guiding the MML for the next two years on legislative issues. League CEO and Executive Director Dan Gilmartin and...

The State of Michigan Wednesday unveiled a new executive order by Governor Gretchen Whitmer establishing the Statewide Housing Partnership. Michigan Municipal League CEO and Executive Director Dan Gilmartin is featured prominently in the release touting the new partnership within the Michigan State Housing Development Authority (MSHDA). Coming up with solutions...

Bridge Builders online voting is now open! Help shine a spotlight on your local visionaries, change-makers, and community leaders by voting for the Bridge Builders Microgrant project that inspires you. Voting for Bridge Builders semi-finalist projects is open from August 22 through September 4. Voting is allowed once per day,...

The Sustainable States Network (SSN) and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE) have organized three upcoming webinars that will explore key opportunities for cities to act on climate change through energy efficiency investments—including by capitalizing on new federal funding. You can learn more about these webinars and register...

The Michigan Municipal League is sharing this with our members at the request of some of our partner organizations: In partnership with the Michigan Association of Regions (MAR) and the Economic Development Administration (EDA), Ball State University is bringing a Community Development Course to Lansing June 21-23. This 2 1/2-day...

The registration link for the second of two U.S. Treasury live demonstrations is now available. The training on how to do the Project & Expenditure Report submission will take place 2 p.m. Monday EST. Register in advance for this webinar here: https://ustreasury.zoomgov.com/webinar/register/WN_W81pJmmZSVWa1yKzmfCCoA This training comes as a key deadline is...

The Michigan House and Senate wrapped up their work last week for the calendar year as the mid-point of the current 2021-22 legislative session.  Following the holidays, the legislature will return to session on Wednesday, January 12, 2022 to resume action.  All legislation introduced during 2021 remains eligible for action...

Much of the focus of this final week of legislative session for the calendar year focused on negotiations between the Governor and Legislature on an economic development proposal reacting to Ford Motor Company's recent decision to locate their new battery/electric vehicle plant in Tennessee. As a component of the larger...

The Michigan Association of Regions and members of the Michigan State University (MSU) Extension faculty are offering a series of free workshops in the coming weeks for local government officials on the American Rescue Plan. MSU asked the Michigan Municipal League to share this information with our members. Go here...