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February 17, 2022

Disabled Vets Exemption Reform Proposal Scheduled for Committee Hearing

The Senate Finance committee has scheduled a hearing next week on two bills that the Municipal League is supporting that would provide much needed relief to local governments and taxing jurisdictions from the costs associated with the current disabled veteran…

March 23, 2021

American Rescue Plan Talking Points for Michigan’s Local Governments

The Michigan Municipal League has received a lot of questions about the recently approved American Rescue Plan from our members. Many of your answers can be found in this blog by the League's Chris Hackbarth. But we've also received feedback…

January 27, 2021

Governor Whitmer Delivers State of the State Message, Calls for Expanding Local Road Funding Options

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…

January 21, 2021

New House Committees Announced for 101st Legislature

Following the official start of the new 101st legislative session last week, House Speaker Jason Wentworth announced the membership of the House policy and Appropriation subcommittees earlier today. Committee make-up in the Senate will remain the same for this session,…

January 11, 2021

That’s A Wrap – 100th Legislative Session Finalized

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…

December 20, 2020

Lame Duck Round Up – Week 3…

With the Michigan Senate's final action late Friday night, only Monday's House session remains before the 100th Legislative Session comes to an end. The Senate remained in session throughout the day Friday, concurring in bills that the House had sent…

December 11, 2020

Lame Duck Round Up – Week 2

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…

December 3, 2020

Lame Duck Round Up – Week 1

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…

July 1, 2020

Governor Whitmer Signs CARES Funding Bill With Money for Locals

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…

June 29, 2020

Summer Property Tax Deferral Package Heads to Governor-Outlook Uncertain

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…

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