The Federal Highway Administration staff is doing a webinar to provide technical assistance from the June 28th notification regarding ADA requirements to provide curb ramps. The webinar is August 20th from 2:00pm - 4:00pm. You can sign up for the…

The US House of Representatives did not have the votes to pass the Transportation, Housing and Urban Development Budget this week. This is good news for local communities, as the House budget had steep cuts to many programs including a…

This week Senators Lindsay Graham (R-SC) and John Cornyn (R-TX) introduced an amendment that would have significant negative impacts to cities around the country, but was targeted at Detroit. The amendment, which is attached, was offered in the Senate Appropriations committee and…

Congress has been working its way through the budget process, and as we have seen so far this year, the Senate budget proposals regarding local government issues are much more favorable than the House versions. This coming week, the Senate…

The legislature remains mostly on summer break (although the Senate Government Operations Committee did meet last week to discuss Medicaid expansion.) Despite it being quiet at the Capitol, League staff continues to actively participate in a number of meetings. There…

Congress is moving budget plans through the appropriations process, and the House and Senate are at odds with funding levels for various transportation programs. The House is proposing much less funding, and zeroed out TIGER grant funding and bridge repair…

Last week the legislature adjourned until September.  There are a few tentative days scheduled in July and August but, as of now, there will be no voting and no attendance taken on those days. The legislature broke without voting on…

Legislation sponsored by Rep. Andy Schor, HB 4478, passed the full house on Thursday that would allow a person who is unable to write or who cannot sign a signature due to a physical disability to use a signature stamp on election…

This morning the House Local Government Committee heard testimony on House Bills 4622 and 4793, bills that make some procedural changes to the Michigan Drain Code. More specifically HB 4622 would modify the procedures for changing the boundaries of county…