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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 [...]

Governor Whitmer delivered her third State of the State this evening with a focus of bi-partisanship and a theme she coined as "Fixing the Damn Road Ahead". The speech was delivered remotely for the first time in Michigan history and was markedly shorter than past speeches as a result. The...

With the expiration of 14-days on the Governor’s desk this past week, the last bills presented from December’s lame duck legislative action brought the 100th Legislative Session to an official close. All told, nearly 300 new bills were introduced between the House and the Senate during the lame duck period, [...]

Related to the federal funding that local units of government received in place of their normal statutory revenue sharing payment from August 2020, Treasury released the following webinar details for local units to receive updates and training on required reporting. The Michigan Department of Treasury (Treasury) is pleased to announce [...]

Earlier today, Governor Whitmer signed House Bill 5396, the omnibus budget for the state fiscal year that starts tomorrow, October 1st. The Senate Fiscal Agency summary of the budget agreement can be reviewed here. The House Fiscal Agency analysis can be viewed here. Major components of the budget deal included: [...]

View the full list of FRHPPP award status by community by clicking on this image. Late yesterday the Michigan Department of Treasury released the following update on the three CARES Act federally funded programs aimed at supporting local units of government. Federal funds that were swapped in place of the...

Late Friday afternoon, the Michigan Department of Treasury released their guidance and reporting packet related to the $150 million of federal CARES Act funding that was appropriated to local governments in place of the $97 million that was cut from statutory revenue sharing payments due to the elimination of the [...]

Following the Governor's late June announcement of a budget deal to address the current year state budget shortfall due to the pandemic, the House and Senate Appropriations committees met jointly this morning to act on those negotiated reductions. For League members, a key component of this budget deal includes a...

Late this afternoon the Michigan Department of Treasury released guidance and application materials for the two largest appropriations of federal CARES Act funding targeted at supporting local governments from the recent passage of Senate Bill 690. The League is providing three upcoming webinar events where the CARES Act funding will...

Earlier today, the Governor signed Senate Bill 690, as expected. This $880 million spending bill is the first appropriation of the roughly $3 billion that the State of Michigan had been allocated under the Coronavirus Relief Fund established within the federal CARES Act stimulus plan from earlier this spring. As...