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March 1, 2021

Federal Stimulus Passes House-Senate Action Next

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…

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 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 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…

September 30, 2020

Governor Signs State Budget – Hazard Premium Payroll Deadline Extended

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…

March 26, 2020

$2 Trillion Federal Stimulus Bill Headed To President

The US Senate passed H.R. 748, the CARES Act, Wednesday night and the House voted Friday to send the bill to the President. The bill appropriates more than $2 trillion as an economic stimulus effort in response to the COVID-19…

February 7, 2020

Whitmer Administration Pitches FY21 Budget Proposal

In addition to the League's official media statement in response to the Governor's budget presentation yesterday, here are some of the more critical details for League member communities: The Governor's Fiscal Year 2020-21 budget utilizes $11 billion in General Fund…

December 13, 2019

Legislature Officially Hits Halfway Mark of Term

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…

October 1, 2019

State Budget Battle Goes Into Overtime

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. …

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