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May 8, 2018

Treasury Seeking Your Feedback on Assessing Reform Proposal

Late last week, the State Treasurer met with Michigan Municipal League, other local government organizations, and local tax officials to discuss a proposed reform initiative centered around the property tax assessing process. Following years of tax law changes, the creation…

March 12, 2018

Daniel Gilmartin to Testify in D.C. Tuesday on Michigan Infrastructure Crisis

Dan Gilmartin - CEO and Executive Director of the Michigan Municipal League WATCH the hearing live here TODAY (March 13, 2018) at 2:30 p.m.: https://www.commerce.senate.gov/public/ Michigan Municipal League CEO and Executive Director Dan Gilmartin will speak before Congress in Washington D.C. this…

March 2, 2018

Talent, Taxes, and Roads, Oh My!

Governor Snyder recently unveiled his “Marshall Plan” for talent. It’s designed to combat the more than 811,000 career openings that will need to be filled through 2024 in fields that are facing a talent shortage. The plan calls for a…

January 31, 2018

Governor Continues Week of Policy Announcements

Following Governor Snyder's eighth and final State of the State speech last week, his team has immediately moved into announcement mode, capitalizing on the initiatives he announced during his January 23rd speech to the Legislature. A new announcement is planned…

January 5, 2018

New Pension/OPEB Reporting Requirement Released

Following the year-end passage of pension/OPEB legislation that implements the recommendations of Governor Snyder's Responsible Retirement Reform task force report, Treasury released late today the reporting requirement documentation which ended up as the main component of Public Act 202 of…

February 20, 2017

Contact Your State Reps Today and Tell Them to Oppose Income Tax Elimination Bill

***UPDATE: The Michigan House just adjourned session for the day (Tuesday) after adopting a substitute version H-3 for HB 4001 that would reduce the income tax rate from 4.25% down to 3.9% by January 1, 2021 and stopping at…

February 10, 2017

Legislative Committee Orientation Event at Capitol Teaches Ins and Outs of State Politics

League staff John LaMacchia and Chris Hackbarth at the Legislative Committee Kick-Off Orientation Thursday. (View more photos here) About 60 local municipal officials from throughout the state were at the state Capitol Thursday in Lansing for the Michigan Municipal League’s…

September 27, 2016

Michigan League for Public Policy hosting forum on race and equity

Next month the Michigan League for Public Policy will host their annual forum, focused this year on Race, Poverty, and Policy: Creating an Equitable Michigan. Rinku Sen, the nationally acclaimed executive director of Race Forward: the Center for Racial Justice…

May 20, 2016

LaMacchia: Infrastructure Issues in Flint Symptom of Larger Problem

The League's John LaMacchia (center, right) and fellow panelists. What’s happening in Flint, Detroit and other cities is a symptom of a larger problem. A problem where cities in Michigan are only allowed to fall with the economy but not…

April 22, 2016

Revenue Sharing Budgets Positioned for Initial Action; Senate Cuts Statutory by 1.5%

One of the many charts showing how Michigan has disinvested in its cities more than any other state in the state. That tiny red line you see is Michigan. A 2016-17 Senate budget plan would cut statutory revenue sharing to…

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