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The League and our partners at the National League of Cities received the following information from US Treasury regarding the posting of 10 additional FAQs on the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds that are part of the American Rescue Plan Act. The full FAQ document, which includes FAQs...

Monday evening, the US Treasury released guidance specifically related to the majority of Michigan communities that will receive American Rescue Plan Act funding on a per capita basis. For Michigan, these Non-Entitlement Units (NEUs), are scheduled to receive more than $644 million in federal aid that will be distributed through...

Staff from the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs and the U.S. Department of the Treasury just wrapped up their second local government briefing following today’s release of the Interim Final Guidance for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery program within the American Rescue Plan (ARP) federal stimulus. Prior...

Since their return from Spring Break last month, the House and Senate budget subcommittees have been working to finalize their respective versions of the state budget for every state department and program for the upcoming FY21-22 state fiscal year.  Those budget subcommittees recently released their proposed spending plans and they...

Late last week, the US Treasury Department released the pre-award requirements that local governments will need to comply with in order to receive their allocated payments from Treasury for the Coronavirus State & Local Fiscal Recovery Fund in a timely fashion.  These requirements are similar to what local units needed...

As was announced during yesterday's webinar with the Michigan Department of Treasury, the latest estimates for last year's federal CARES funded Public Safety Public Health Payroll Reimbursement (PSPHPR) grants were released. Information was released earlier today from Treasury detailing the process for communities to review these final estimates in advance...

(Update: To help answer some of the many questions we’re getting from our members, NLC shared two additional documents – Estimated State and Local Allocation Spreadsheet Reference Guide and Notes on File Labeled “State and Local Allocation Output 02.25.21) In addition, NLC has established a Q&A portal for your ARP-related...

The U.S, House voted on H.R. 1319 over the weekend, sending the proposed $1.9 trillion American Rescue Plan Act stimulus proposal to the U.S. Senate, where consideration is expected to begin this week.  Both chambers face a looming March 14th deadline to act or risk expiration of the current enhanced...

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 the House and the Senate during the lame duck period,...

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 over late on Thursday and working to formulate a deal...