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Municipalities seeking to respond to concerns of puppy mills in their communities will no longer have the ability to act if House Bill 5917 is passed. The legislation will create a new act to prohibit a local government from enacting or enforcing an ordinance, policy, resolution, or rule that regulates pet shops. [...]

This week legislation amending the Michigan Fireworks Safety Act (PA 256 of 2011) was introduced. House Bill 5939 reduces the number of allowable days and time to use fireworks. Currently fireworks are allowed the day before, the day of, and the day after all national holidays. HB 5939 would allow the use of fireworks [...]

The Senate Transportation Committee unanimously passed a three bill package that would create the Michigan Infrastructure Councils as recommended by the 21st Century Infrastructure Report and prioritizes the use of asset management for roads and water systems throughout Michigan. The Michigan Infrastructure Council created under House Bill 3553 would do [...]

Gov. Rick Snyder announced the results of a regional infrastructure pilot program – a roadmap for implementing a comprehensive, statewide asset management system to better manage the state’s roads, bridges, water, sewer and waste disposal pipelines, and electric, internet and telecom services. Members who worked on the pilot project presented [...]

Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) has delivered the Michigan 2017 Roads and Bridges Annual Report to the Michigan Legislature and the State Transportation Commission. The report summarizes road and bridge conditions and provides condition projections into the future. The report also provides a synopsis of TAMC program activities and [...]

The Michigan Energy Office (MEO) has announced the release of request for proposals for Michigan municipalities, school districts, and hospital systems to get free energy management consulting services. Entities may apply to help move their financial or policy priorities forward with ideas about energy waste reduction or renewable energy. They may also [...]

A Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for the FY 18 Advanced Transportation and Congestion Management Technologies Deployment (ATCMTD) program is now available. The NOFO is published in Grants.gov (search using “693JJ318NF00010”) or to access directly click here: The application due date is June 18, 2018. A webinar covering details is [...]

The Federal Transit Administration (FTA) has announced the availability of $84.45 million of FY2018 funds for the purchase or lease of low or no emission vehicles as well as related equipment or facilities. The main purpose of the Low-No Program is to support the transition of the nation’s transit fleet to [...]

The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) recently published a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) to apply for $1.5 billion in discretionary grant funding through the Better Utilizing Investments to Leverage Development (BUILD) Transportation Discretionary Grants program. BUILD Transportation grants will replace the pre-existing Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery (TIGER) grant [...]

Action in Lansing has been focused on positioning each chamber’s version of the state budget for initial voting. The full House and Senate Appropriations committees moved through their discussion and consideration of each subcommittee report during a series of meetings last week.  Following that discussion and a small number of approved [...]