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February 9, 2012

Transportation bill a killer for Michigan – Call Congress to oppose!

Its time to call your congressional representative and tell them to vote NO on H.R. 7. The legislation, approved by the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, would cost Michigan $217 million in funding over the next five years! Aside from…

February 7, 2012

Truck weight increase battle won in U.S. House; Other transportation battles remain

The one victory for local Michigan governments coming out of the U.S. House transportation authorization legislation is that an effort to increase truck weights has been defeated, for now.As introduced, the U.S. House bill contained language that would have allowed for increased…

February 7, 2012

Transportation authorization legislation on the move in Congress

Both the U.S. House and Senate are moving forward with legislation that would put in place a new transportation funding authorization bill. However, given the sharp contrasts in the proposals, there is still a great deal of skepticism as to whether or…

January 31, 2012

TIGER 2012 grant funding available

U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood has announced that $500 million in funding is now available under a fourth round of the TIGER Grant program. Funds will be used for surface transportation projects that have a significant impact on the…

January 30, 2012

Firefighter hiring and retention grants available through FEMA

The Federal Emergency and Management Association (FEMA), is accepting grant applications for the Staffing for Adequate Fire and Emergency Response Program (SAFER). The SAFER program provides funding to assist communities in hiring new firefighters, retaining existing ones, or rehiring those…

January 30, 2012

Cell tower siting – local control rebuked by court

A Federal Appeals Court has upheld a 2009 FCC ruling that limits the time state and local governments have to consider cell tower siting applications. Ruling on a challenge brought by Arlington and San Antonio, Texas, in which the National…

January 30, 2012

House and Senate committees to act on transportation funding legislation

As noted in previous posts, early 2012 is to be the time when the U.S. House and Senate move forward on authorization legislation for a new transportation funding bill. That time has arrived, although given the sharp contrasts in the proposals, there…

January 27, 2012

Community Development Block grant allocations announced

The Department of Housing and Urban Development has made public all grant allocations to cities and states for FY 2012 for the CDBG, HOME and grants under Community Planning and Development. Recall that Congress cut overall CDBG funding by nearly…

January 23, 2012

National Broadband Map webinar

The National League of Cities, in cooperation with the National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), is holding a webinar this Wednesday, January 25th for local governments to better understand how to use the new National Broadband Map tool The NBM tool…

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Transportation bill a killer for Michigan – Call Congress to oppose!

Truck weight increase battle won in U.S. House; Other transportation battles remain

Transportation authorization legislation on the move in Congress

TIGER 2012 grant funding available

Firefighter hiring and retention grants available through FEMA

Cell tower siting – local control rebuked by court

House and Senate committees to act on transportation funding legislation

Community Development Block grant allocations announced

National Broadband Map webinar

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