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This morning the Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference was held, and the House and Senate Fiscal Agencies as well as the State Budget Director reached a consensus on economic and revenue figures for the rest of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, FY 2014 and FY 2015. The consensus included net general fund/general...

The MI Transportation Asset Management Council has announced the 2013 PASER training and certification schedule on their website. This training is required for those employees who are rating the roads this summer. For more information or to register contact the Center for Technology and Training at (906) 487-2102 or ctt@mtu.edu....

The Michigan Chapter of the NBA is planning an all-day program in Lansing on February 21. This program will provide practical advice to municipalities on issues relating to development of brownfield plans.  Experts from municipalities and the State will talk about all the do’s and don’ts for development of brownfield...

Know of an entrepreneur looking to start a microbusiness in your community?  The Microenterprise Network of Michigan (MNM) is a great resource to steer them to! The Microenterprise Network of Michigan (MNM) is a statewide association that supports entrepreneurship and microbusiness development in Michigan. Their member organizations provide entrepreneurial training,...

Have you ever served on an NLC committee? Have you ever thought about serving? Well, now is the time to take action! NLC is accepting applications for their 2013 Full Policy and Advocacy Committees. Those who were committee members in 2012 will automatically be reappointed unless they notify NLC they...

With Congress and the President passing legislation to avoid the fiscal cliff, cities had a significant victory in that they did not eliminate the tax exemption on federal municipal bonds. While this is great news for cities and villages, we still need to be vigilant as we head into the...

It’s 2013, a new year for all of us, and a new legislative session here in Lansing. While last session was extremely fast paced, I don’t expect this year will be much different. A new House is being sworn in, and there are 28 new members. We are fortunate that...

This morning Governor Rick Snyder signed the personal property tax reform package, Senate Bills 1065-1071 and House Bills 6022, 6024-6026. The new laws are viewable on the legislative website. As noted in previous posts the League will continue working with the Legislature and Governor’s office in the new legislative session...

Following the passage of last week’s personal property tax reform, the League has published a fact sheet with the specifics of the legislation: opp_ppt_reform.pdf (106.72 kb) The fact sheet is also available on the League’s resources page as well. Samantha Harkins is the Director of State Affairs for the League....

Last week the legislature passed right to work legislation for public and private employees. The League has posted this one-pager-plus document discussing the details of the legislation. Samantha Harkins is the Director of State Affairs for the League. She can be reached at 517-908-0306 and by email at sharkins@mml.org.