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Over the weekend, House and Senate leaders reached agreement on an omnibus deal to fund the federal government ($1.4T) and provide a new round of COVID-19 relief ($900B) – absent direct aid to local governments, despite months of advocacy from the League, our members, the Nation League of Cities, communities [...]

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 over late on Thursday and working to formulate a deal...

Earlier this afternoon the Michigan Department of Treasury released the following information for communities seeking to correct any valuation errors related to their Eligible Manufacturing Personal Property reimbursement calculations. League members are encouraged to review their calculations and submit error corrections as appropriate.  Following Treasury review, validated error corrections will [...]

The Michigan House of Representatives has passed Senate Bill 1246. The bill would amend the Open Meetings Act to revise recent provisions added to the act by Public Act 228 of 2020 (SB 1108) that deal with remote attendance at meetings of a public body. Changes include: – Extending the [...]

There are some developments in Washington D.C. today regarding a new stimulus package for COVID-19 assistance. We need your help as part of an effort to make some key technical changes to the package nearing completion. Time is of the essence so please reach out to your Congressional representatives. Here [...]

We entered this second week of lame duck expecting action on bills along multiple fronts as the legislature positioned themselves to wrap up activity for the year next week. Instead, this second week ended up feeling a little more like waiting in limbo as the House cancelled all of their [...]

Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) officials today provided additional information about COVID-19 vaccination plans for Michigan, including priority groups for vaccination administration, the vaccine development and safety process and where Michiganders can find more details.   Distribution of the vaccine will be in a phased approach, with [...]

This is an important week for the Michigan Municipal League's federal advocacy efforts to secure critical stimulus support for states and local governments. Our partners at the National League of Cities (NLC) need your help in securing this support. The NLC would like our MML members to use this tool...

This week kicked off the first full week of lame duck legislative activity since the November election.  The League's advocacy team is engaged on multiple fronts to promote a number of pieces of legislation we have been supporting and defending against a host of proposals that will harm local control...

As a part of the League’s long-term commitment to municipal finance reform and following the League’s recent press conference promoting critical policy changes needed during the current lame duck legislative session, State Representative Jim Ellison (D-Royal Oak) introduced House Bill 6454 aimed at addressing one of the key reform measures [...]