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November 10, 2021

FEMA Region 5 to host Federal Mitigation and Infrastructure Task Force Roundtable for SE Michigan

Join member agencies of the Federal Mitigation and Infrastructure Task Force virtually on December 8, 2021, to participate in a Federal resources roundtable that will showcase the Federal government's resources to mitigate and support Infrastructure reinvestment. This meeting is the…

September 30, 2021

Governor Signs State Budget – Local Governments See Numerous Wins

Update: View excel spreadsheet detailing bridge appropriations. The conference reports on Senate Bill 82 and House Bill 4400 were signed yesterday, one week after the Legislature sent the record-setting state spending plan for Fiscal Year 2021-22 to her desk. This…

August 10, 2021

Recycling Grants for Communities Available from EGLE and The Recycling Partnership

The national nonprofit The Recycling Partnership and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) want members of the Michigan Municipal League to know about an exciting grant opportunity totaling $575,000 that exists for communities statewide in 2021…

May 5, 2021

Legislature Preps Competing Versions of State Budget

Since their return from Spring Break last month, the House and Senate budget subcommittees have been working to finalize their respective versions of the state budget for every state department and program for the upcoming FY21-22 state fiscal year. Those…

April 9, 2021

League President and Westland Mayor Bill Wild Meets with U.S. Energy Secretary Granholm About American Jobs Plan

Westland Mayor Bill Wild, MML President, and Grand Rapids Mayor Bliss, former MML President, met with U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm Friday about the American Jobs Plan. Westland Mayor and Michigan Municipal League Board President Bill Wild met with U.S.…

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 20, 2020

Lame Duck Round Up – Week 3…

With the Michigan Senate's final action late Friday night, only Monday's House session remains before the 100th Legislative Session comes to an end. The Senate remained in session throughout the day Friday, concurring in bills that the House had sent…

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