State Budget Sent to the Governor for Signature After Marathon Session
After a drama filled two weeks that included fraught negotiations and a continuation budget to avoid a government shutdown, the legislature finally sent a completed budget to the governor for her signature. The secrecy around [...]
Budget Update October 1: Continuation Budget Keeps Government Open for Seven Days, Revenue Sharing Details Still Unknown
After seeing the House and Senate take no action throughout the day on September 30, the Governor, Speaker, and Senate Majority Leader released a statement that said the legislature will pass a full budget this [...]
Budget Update: Where We Stand on Revenue Sharing and How You Can Help
While the Governor, Speaker, and Senate Majority leader announced a deal to pass the budget by October 1, the final budget agreement is still very fluid and currently in the final stages of negotiation. Concern [...]
House Passes Budget: Includes More Money for Roads and Public Safety, Cuts Revenue Sharing
This week the House passed a budget that invested in roads and public safety but also cut statutory revenue sharing. We need your voice to make it known that cutting revenue sharing is unacceptable. We [...]
League Proposes Partnership-Based Approach to Address Housing
On Tuesday, August 19, 2025, the League hosted an event at Lansing City Hall, joined by legislators, local leaders, developers, and home builders from across the state to unveil a new proposal creating the MI [...]
New Regulations on ADA Accessibility Requirements for Websites/Mobile Apps/Social Media – Upcoming Webinar
The U.S. Department of Justice has issued new rules to ensure that local government websites, social media, and mobile apps are in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). Municipalities with 50,000 or more [...]
New Training opportunity with the Michigan Infrastructure Council
The Michigan Infrastructure Council (MIC) is excited to welcome a new cohort of infrastructure leaders into the Asset Management Champions Program. The Michigan Infrastructure Council's Asset Management Champions program cultivates a statewide culture of effective [...]
Invitation for local leaders – upcoming webinar with Senator Elissa Slotkin
Senator Elissa Slotkin will hold a webinar on July 21st beginning at 1:00 p.m. to discuss President Trump's 'Big Beautiful Bill' and its impacts in local communities. The webinar will be hosted via the Webex [...]
Senate Labor Committee Discussion on Reintroduced Minimum Staffing Legislation
The Senate Labor Committee discussed SB 319 this morning, which is a reintroduction of the minimum staffing legislation from last session. The bill would make minimum staffing levels for PA 312 employees (police and fire) [...]
Application Window Opens for FEMA’s Fire Services Grant Programs
Senator Peter’s has alerted us that the application window fow two of FEMA’s Fire Services Grant Programs opened today, Friday May 23rd, and will be closing on July 3rd. Below are links to each program’s [...]
US Treasury Workshop Invitation: Navigating SLFRF Reporting in 2025
US Treasury will host two final opportunities to participate in a workshop on State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) reporting on April 29 and 30. Listed below are the four key areas that we [...]
American Rescue Plan Update – NLC Office Hours
The Department of Treasury and the National League of Cities (NLC) are partnering on a new model to help support cities and villages. Following Treasury's webinars, NLC will host an Office Hours where folks can [...]
American Rescue Plan Act SLFRF 2025 Annual and Q1 P&E Report Workshop: April 15 at 2pm
The Michigan Department of Treasury wanted to make you aware of an important educational opportunity related to the American Rescue Plan Act’s (ARPA) State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) reporting and compliance. The U.S. [...]
Act Now: Help Preserve the Tax Exemption for Municipal Bonds
We continue to track potential federal action that could eliminate the tax exemption for municipal bonds. Recently, an informal economic adviser to President Donald Trump, suggested eliminating the tax exemption for municipal bonds in an [...]
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