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We entered this second week of lame duck expecting action on bills along multiple fronts as the legislature positioned themselves to wrap up activity for the year next week. Instead, this second week ended up feeling a little more like waiting in limbo as the House cancelled all of their...

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:...

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...

The Michigan Municipal League and our partners at Plante Moran are coordinating to gather data from municipalities across Michigan on the workplace and financial impacts from the coronavirus pandemic and how local governments are reacting. Information that is gathered from these survey responses will help to provide benchmarks for municipalities...

The Bureau of Elections released the following information last night for local units of government to request reimbursements for their costs related to the March Presidential Primary election.  The Governor recently signed Senate Bill 151, a supplemental appropriation that included $14 million to cover the costs of the March election. ...

The Michigan Opioids Task Force and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) are joining together to host a briefing on the state’s opioid crisis response for local government officials. This briefing is intended for officials who are leading opioids crisis response for a region, county, or locality...

With the voting this week, the Legislature officially wrapped up their activity for the year and reached the halfway point of the 2019-2020 legislative term.  The House and Senate are now on recess until January 8th.  All bills introduced in 2019 continue to remain eligible for action until the end...

Abilita Inc.wrote an article on changes coming to the 911 system in the September/October issue of The Review magazine. They have now provided an update to that article. Since the article 911 Changes in Michigan and How they Affect You was published in the September/October issue of The Review magazine, Governor...

As expected, following the Legislature’s movement of budget bills that the Administration had not signed off on, Governor Whitmer responded aggressively to the legislative spending proposal by issuing 147 separate line items vetoes within the 16 departmental budget bills she signed.  Signing the bills allowed her to avoid a state government...