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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 the new constitutional requirements local governments will be required to...

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 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 could be eligible for student loan debt relief under the...

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...

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 was honored with the Michigan Municipal League’s 2021 Community Excellence Award on Sept. 24 during the League’s annual Convention in Grand Rapids....

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...

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 is the statement we sent out to the media: “The Michigan Municipal League...

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 have submitted their application for this funding. Thank you to...

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 Recovery Fund under the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA). Non-entitlement...

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 that the NLC gave on Wednesday and you can view...