National Civility Summit for Local Government is Dec. 7 – Free for All Attendees
Sharing this from our partners at the National League of Cities. This is a free webinar about civility in local government. We thought our members may be interested in attending virtually. While it's geared toward [...]
Veteran Property Tax Exemption Bills Pass Senate
The Senate on Tuesday approved legislation that would provide municipalities financial relief for providing military veterans’ property tax credits, while ensuring eligible veterans continue to receive the tax relief through the current process. Senate Bills 783 and 1084 would [...]
Senate Concurs in Housing Bills
Two weeks ago when the legislature was in session the House took up and passed four housing bills. Yesterday, the Michigan Senate voted to concur with the House, and the bills now head to Governor [...]
PA 33 Population Cap on Municipalities Removed With Passage of HB 5248
On Tuesday, the Michigan Senate convened for an action-packed day to move final items of legislation before the conclusion of the 2021-2022 legislative term. Among those bills was HB 5248, sponsored by Representative Steenland. HB [...]
Next Live with the League is this Monday, Nov. 28, at Noon
We hope you join us for our next Live with the League discussion noon Monday, Nov. 28. On the show we will have two guests discussing ways the Michigan Municipal League is helping communities with [...]
Webinar Alert! DNR Spark Grant Opportunity: A Deeper Dive
The Michigan Municipal League and the Michigan Recreation and Park Association (mParks) have partnered together to host a webinar on Nov 29 at 1:00pm to help you be ready to apply for the Michigan SPARK [...]
MML Honors Members in Receiving 2022 Top Workplace Award by Detroit Free Press
The Michigan Municipal League was recently honored as a recipient of the 2022 Detroit Free Press Top Workplaces Award. View the full list of top workplaces here. This recognition, which was announced in Sunday's Detroit [...]
Thriving Communities Program: Letter of Interest Due December 6
Thriving Communities Program: Building Community Capacity to Take Transformative Projects from Concept to Completion Program Overview Funded with $25 million through the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) new Thriving [...]
2024 Federal Aid Buyout Program Call
The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) is issuing a Call for Exchanges as part of the Federal Aid Buyout Program based on Public Act (PA) 49 of 2022. The Federal Aid Buyout Program is a [...]
House Passes Housing Bills!
Last week the House passed four bills to assist municipalities, developers and builders to address the state's housing crisis. The legislation is aimed at creating partnerships between stakeholders to build and rehabilitate affordable and attainable [...]
Next Live with the League is Noon Monday – Much to Discuss
We have a lot to cover on our next Live with the League this Monday. We will discuss the Nov. 8 election results and the potential impact on local governments, what could happen with the [...]
Election Day Information from Michigan’s Utilities
Consumer's Energy and DTE Energy have shared the below-attached information for municipalities within their respective service areas. If jurisdictions are experiencing outages or electrical issues during Election Day, Consumer's Energy and DTE Energy are ready [...]
Webinar: Updates and Resources for Local Governments Thursday, November 3, 2022 at 2 PM
In partnership with the Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Townships Association, Michigan Association of Counties and the Michigan County Road Association, the Michigan Department of Treasury will host the 18th joint webinar, “Updates and Resources for [...]
Census Bureau Seeks Comments on How to Design the 2030 Census
The importance of an accurate census is immense. The distribution of $1.5 trillion dollars in federal funds are determined by figures from the decennial census results, so it is important to achieve an accurate count [...]
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