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The U.S. House of Representatives is set to consider legislation to extend the debt limit for three months this week, but has plans to condition a long term increase on the Senate passing a budget by the April 15th statutory deadline. Now that the inaugural activities are over in Washington [...]

The National Legaue of Cities has recently announced their support of national gun law changes, such as regiastration requirements and bans on assault weapons. Attached is a letter that was sent to Vice President Biden which outlines the position of the NLC, which mirrors many proposals by the President. Summer [...]

Join the cause at justfixtheroads.com.In his State of the State speech last night Governor Snyder indicated that increased funding for transportation is priority. This has been a long standing priority for the Michigan Municipal League as we have participated in many taskforces, workgroups and initiatives in the last several years. [...]

LANSING, Michigan – Governor Snyder held his third State of the State speech last night.  In it, he discussed the areas in which he would like to focus on during the next two years. Transportation dollars to fix Michigan roads was towards the top of the list.  He discussed his [...]

Plywood under a bridge going over a Michigan expressway. Image from Justfixtheroads.com. This statement is from Linden Mayor David Lossing, president of the Michigan Municipal League Board of Trustees. Lossing is commenting on tonight’s State of the State address by Gov. Rick Snyder, who called for new investment in Michigan’s [...]

William Mathewson talks to League members about the Open Meetings Act at an education session Wednesday in Ann Arbor. View more photos here. ANN ARBOR, Michigan – The first of a series of new training weeks kicked off today with sessions on the state’s Freedom of Information Act, Open Meetings [...]

Effective today, Step Forward Michigan will begin taking applications online to assist homeowners located in a participating county with past due property taxes using the Loan Rescue Program. If determined eligible, a onetime payment will be sent directly to the county treasurer to pay toward outstanding county and local property [...]

Just a reminder that the next EVIP deadline for consolidation of services is February 1, 2013. To qualify for this category of EVIP local units must prepare consolidation plans. Please see the League’s EVIP page for specific information. Please be aware of the following critical correction to the January/February 2013 [...]

This morning the Consensus Revenue Estimating Conference was held, and the House and Senate Fiscal Agencies as well as the State Budget Director reached a consensus on economic and revenue figures for the rest of Fiscal Year (FY) 2013, FY 2014 and FY 2015. The consensus included net general fund/general [...]

The MI Transportation Asset Management Council has announced the 2013 PASER training and certification schedule on their website. This training is required for those employees who are rating the roads this summer. For more information or to register contact the Center for Technology and Training at (906) 487-2102 or [email protected]. [...]