This morning the House Financial Liabilities Reform Committee heard testimony on a package of bills, Senate Bills 541-545, that make positive clarifying changes to PA 152 of 2011, the Publicly Funded Health Insurance Contribution Act. Senate Bill 541 would amend…

Yesterday the House passed House Bill 4121, a bill that as passed would allow local units of government to exempt property purchased from a school district from real property taxes for five years. The legislation would automatically exempt these properties…

Yesterday the Senate unanimously reported Senate Bill 387, legislation that would amend the Worker’s Disability Compensation Act to include a reserve or auxiliary police officer as an employee of the State for purposes of the Act when he or she…

Yesterday the Senate unanimously passed Senate Bill 307, a bill introduced Senator Steve Bieda (D-Warren) that removes population thresholds for communities who want to use a police and fire special assessment as a revenue option. Under the law currently a…

Today the House Commerce committee took up HB 4996, legislation to enable crowdfunding, the idea of funding projects or startups by obtaining small sums of money from many individuals.  HB 4996 will allow the sales of securities to an unlimited…

CALL MISS-DIG. Under the legislation considered today by the House Energy & Technology Committee a local unit of government faces penalties if they do not call the MISS-DIG system when beginning a project that involves digging. If a local unit…

On Thursday, Rep. Amanda Price, chair of the House Local Government Committee, took general testimony on the problems local communities and organizations are having when attempting to deal with blighted properties in their area.  There were great discussions on many…

This morning the House Tax Policy Committee passed Senate Bills 489 and 490, bills that are the first “fix” bills from the personal property tax (PPT) reform package that passed in December. The bills clarify the process for a businesses…

Utica Mayor and League President Jacqueline Noonan and Samantha Harkins unveil the Partnership for Place Agenda.Representative Sam Singh, Representative Rob VerHeulen, Utica Mayor and League President Jacqueline Noonan and Samantha Harkins conduct a media roundtable discussion on the League's new…

In response to Governor Snyder's 2013 address on Energy and the Environment, the administration held public forums across the state. The administration is also soliciting comments on the draft reports. The first report on energy efficiency is open for comment…