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Much of the focus of this final week of legislative session for the calendar year focused on negotiations between the Governor and Legislature on an economic development proposal reacting to Ford Motor Company's recent decision to locate their new battery/electric vehicle plant in Tennessee. As a component of the larger...

The recently passed federal infrastructure bill reauthorizes federal transportation spending and adds billions in new investment that can help communities across Michigan over the next 5 years. The department of transportation is hosting a series of briefings and listening sessions on the new bipartisan infrastructure bill. The link below will [...]

U.S. Department of Agriculture announced the Department has begun accepting applications for up to $1.15 billion in loans and grants to help people in rural areas get access to high-speed internet. This announcement comes on the heels of the recently enacted Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which provides another nearly $2 billion [...]

The League would like to call your attention to a Notice and Request for Information (RFI) on “Development of Guidance for Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure Deployment” that was published by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in a recent edition of the Federal Register (86 FR 67782, Nov. 29, 2021). The [...]

SEMCOG, the Southeast Michigan Council of Governments, and its partner organization, the Metropolitan Affairs Coalition (MAC), have launched a study to gather residents’ perceptions on broadband. Responses will help guide future planning efforts. This evaluation will take only a few minutes to complete. The survey is intended to collect perceptions [...]

Changes coming to Projectwise workflow Dec. 1 MDOT LAP has posted LAP Advisory 2021-06 regarding new procedures for local agencies to request their ProjectWise folder and submit their Environmental Clearance 5323 form. Effective December 1, 2021, local agencies will be required to request a ProjectWise project folder prior to submitting their...

The State Tax Commission announced the 2022 inflation rate multiplier to be used in the capped value formula and for the Headlee Millage Reduction Fraction formula.  For the coming year, that inflation value is set at 3.3%.  This is the highest inflation value since 2009. According to the Treasury bulletin: [...]

House Bill 4722 that passed the state House in the middle of the night on October 27th is seeing intense pressure from proponents to be taken up for a vote in the senate this week. The bill has been referred to the senate committee on regulatory reform. It could be...

The US House of Representatives finally voted to pass the bipartisan infrastructure deal that the US Senate had passed in August.  The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (HR 3684) totals $1.2 trillion, with $550 billion being new spending targeted at: $110 billion for roads and bridges.In addition to construction and [...]

While most people were sleeping the state House passed House Bill 4722(H-11) by a vote of 55-48. The legislation states a short-term rental is a residential use of property and a permitted use in all residential zones. It is not subject to a special use or conditional use permit or...