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May 16, 2013

League Encourages State to Put Surplus Toward Restoring Revenue Sharing Cuts

LANSING, Michigan - A report saying the state of Michigan has nearly $400 million has the Michigan Municipal League requesting that the state use some of that surplus to restore massive cuts made to local revenue sharing. A consensus report released…

March 18, 2013

Michigan Municipal Leaders Seek PPT Fixes, Increases to Revenue Sharing

Durand Mayor Deb Doyle, Linden Mayor David Lossing and East Lansing Mayor Pro Tem Nathan Triplett lay out the League's legislative priorities during a media roundtable event March 18, 2013 in Lansing. (View the full press release here. View more photos here.)…

March 6, 2013

Personal Property Tax Changes Concerns Many Michigan Municipal Officials

Planned changes to the state’s personal property tax have many Michigan Municipal League member communities concerned, as reflected in recent articles posted this week. Mlive.com out of Jackson and the Observer & Eccentric out of Northville each posted stories recently outlining community…

January 22, 2013

National League of Cities Announces Support of Gun Law Changes

The National Legaue of Cities has recently announced their support of national gun law changes, such as regiastration requirements and bans on assault weapons. Attached is a letter that was sent to Vice President Biden which outlines the position of…

January 16, 2013

It’s Time to Replace the Plywood with Pavement, says League President on State of State Speech

Plywood under a bridge going over a Michigan expressway. Image from Justfixtheroads.com. This statement is from Linden Mayor David Lossing, president of the Michigan Municipal League Board of Trustees. Lossing is commenting on tonight's State of the State address by…

January 16, 2013

Michigan Municipal League Training Weeks Kick Off with FOIA, OMA Session

William Mathewson talks to League members about the Open Meetings Act at an education session Wednesday in Ann Arbor. View more photos here. ANN ARBOR, Michigan - The first of a series of new training weeks kicked off today with…

December 14, 2012

Massive Changes Made to Recall Law

The Legislature has sent to the Governor bills that will change the recall process. They took a package of bills and condensed them into two bills - HB 6060 and 6063.The bills will do the following:- change the maximum number…

December 12, 2012

New Emergency Manager legislation passes Michigan House of Representatives

New Emergency Manager legislation passed the House late this evening. The new language was substituted into SB 865, which passed the Senate last year.The brand new language was just made available to legislators and interested parties. The new legislation would allow…

December 5, 2012

PPT Moves Forward in Michigan House, Call Your Republican Representatives Today

LANSING, Michigan - Ignoring pleas from the Michigan Municipal League and other organizations to slow down, the House Tax Policy Committee today pressed forward during this lame duck session to repeal the personal property tax. And now the League needs…

November 9, 2012

PA 54 exemption still in committee – CONTACT YOUR LEGISLATORS to stop this bill!

Thursday morning the House Local Government committee held a second hearing on a new bill introduced this summer that would amend PA 54 of 2012, the law prohibiting retroactive wage increases, to exempt police officers and firefighters. The committee held…

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