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(Update: To help answer some of the many questions we’re getting from our members, NLC shared two additional documents – Estimated State and Local Allocation Spreadsheet Reference Guide and Notes on File Labeled “State and Local Allocation Output 02.25.21) In addition, NLC has established a Q&A portal for your ARP-related...

The U.S, House voted on H.R. 1319 over the weekend, sending the proposed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act stimulus proposal to the U.S. Senate, where consideration is expected to begin this week.  Both chambers face a looming March 14th deadline to act or risk expiration of the current enhanced...

Governor Whitmer released her budget recommendation for the upcoming Fiscal Year 21-22 budget cycle this morning and a number of items that the League has actively been advocating for were included in this morning's announcement.  A full detail of the Executive Budget for FY2022 is available here. Following last month's...

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,...

This week kicked off the first full week of lame duck legislative activity since the November election.  The League's advocacy team is engaged on multiple fronts to promote a number of pieces of legislation we have been supporting and defending against a host of proposals that will harm local control...

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:...

The Whitmer Administration and House and Senate leadership came to an apparent agreement this afternoon to begin spending more than $880 million of the state's allocation of federal CARES Act stimulus funding.  Senate Bill 690 had originally passed the Senate with approximately $600 million in spending from the roughly $3...

Last Friday, the Great Lakes Coalition hosted "What Caused the Great Lakes Levels to Increase" a webinar on the critical impacts of rising water levels along Michigan's shoreline. Presenters included Drew Gronewold, Ph.D., Associate Professor, School for Environmental and Sustainability at the University of Michigan & Howard Learner, President, Executive...

The US Senate passed H.R. 748, the CARES Act, Wednesday night and the House voted Friday to send the bill to the President.  The bill appropriates more than $2 trillion as an economic stimulus effort in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Within the final proposal, a $150 billion stabilization fund...