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Late Friday afternoon, the Michigan Department of Treasury released their guidance and reporting packet related to the $150 million of federal CARES Act funding that was appropriated to local governments in place of the $97 million that was cut from statutory revenue sharing payments due to the elimination of the...

The Michigan Department of Treasury released the following updates  this afternoon on federal CARES Act programs aimed at supporting local units of government.  These programs include the $150 million in replacement funding for the suspended August 2020 statutory (CVTRS) revenue sharing payments, the $100 million hazard pay premium allowance for...

Late Friday afternoon, Governor Whitmer signed the current year state budget supplemental that replaces the August CVTRS payment for all cities, villages, and townships with additional federal CARES dollars and makes some changes to the previous CARES funded programs for local units. Following the Governor's signature, the Michigan Dept of...

Late last night, the Michigan House of Representatives passed a new version of the previously vetoed summer tax deferral legislation.  This new version of SB 943 was approved along mainly partisan lines and was developed without prior input from local government groups or schools. The proposal strikes all of the...

Following the Governor's late June announcement of a budget deal to address the current year state budget shortfall due to the pandemic, the House and Senate Appropriations committees met jointly this morning to act on those negotiated reductions. For League members, a key component of this budget deal includes a...

Late this afternoon the Michigan Department of Treasury released guidance and application materials for the two largest appropriations of federal CARES Act funding targeted at supporting local governments from the recent passage of Senate Bill 690. The League is providing three upcoming webinar events where the CARES Act funding will...

Earlier today, the Governor signed Senate Bill 690, as expected. This $880 million spending bill is the first appropriation of the roughly $3 billion that the State of Michigan had been allocated under the Coronavirus Relief Fund established within the federal CARES Act stimulus plan from earlier this spring. As...

Given the limited calendar for legislative action last week, the Senate moved quickly to report House Bills 5761 and 5810 through committee and then overwhelmingly passed the bills, along with a potential trailer bill (SB 943) intended to address any continuing clean-up language that is expected to be needed.  The...

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...

The House Local Government & Municipal Finance committee took testimony from business groups, the MML, and other local government organizations on a recently introduced proposal to provide relief for residents and businesses experiencing financial hardship from the current COVID-19 pandemic. As originally introduced, House Bill 5761 would have waived penalties...