Government Reform Archives

June 7, 2023

Senate Elections and Ethics Committee Takes Up Proposal 2 Legislation

A package of bills intended to implement Proposal 2 was introduced this week and taken up for a Senate Elections and Ethics Committee hearing this afternoon. Senate Bills 367 to 374, sponsored primarily by committee members, provide an outline for…

February 13, 2023

Michigan Municipal League Legislative Committee Work Underway

The League's John LaMacchia and Herasanna Richards talk with the MML's internal legislative committee members at the State Capitol Feb. 9, 2023. The Michigan Municipal League had a tremendously successful kickoff orientation meeting Thursday at the state Capitol for our…

August 11, 2022

Please Share: Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program Eligible to Local Government Workers

The U.S. Department of Education is offering public servants working in government and eligible non-profits a second chance to quality for student loan forgiveness. The deadline to apply is Oct. 31, 2022. An estimated 154,000 public service workers in Michigan…

April 22, 2022

Here is the Registration Link for Monday’s U.S. Treasury Live Demo on ARP Funding

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…

September 24, 2021

Rochester Hills Wins 2021 Community Excellence Award Competition

Rochester Hills wins 2021 Michigan Municipal League Community Excellence Award. Here's a press release we just sent out to the media from our 2021 Michigan Municipal League Convention in Grand Rapids. GRAND RAPIDS, Michigan – The community of Rochester Hills…

September 15, 2021

MAR and MSU Offering Free Workshops for Local Government about American Rescue Plan Funding

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…

August 12, 2021

Michigan Municipal League Applauds Infrastructure Plan Approved in U.S. Senate

Dan Gilmartin, MML Michigan Municipal League released a statement earlier this week about the U.S. Senate approving a $1 trillion plan to address the nation’s infrastructure needs. The statement is from Dan Gilmartin, the League’s CEO and Executive Director. Here…

July 20, 2021

Accept your American Rescue Plan Funds AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

Time is running out for Michigan communities to accept the American Rescue Plan dollars. The Michigan Department of Treasury has provided regular updates to the Michigan Municipal League on this issue and told us a large majority of our communities…

July 8, 2021

Submission Portal Now Open for Michigan Communities to Receive American Rescue Plan Support

The portal select Michigan communities are to use to obtain the American Rescue Plan funding assistance is now open. Communities classified as Non-Entitlement Units (NEUs) of Local Government must use this portal to request funding through the Coronavirus Local Fiscal…

May 14, 2021

American Rescue Plan Guidelines Discussions

In case you missed the recent webinar by the National League of Cities about the new American Rescue Plan guidelines, no worries - the Michigan Municipal League has you covered in a couple ways. First, we have the PowerPoint presentation…

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