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After months of advocacy by the League, the legislature, with the support of the Governor, took another critical step forward in their efforts to invest in local government and secure those resources long term. We [...]

House bills 5768, 5769, and 5770, along with Senate bills 559 and 562, would create a ten-year economic development strategy for the State of Michigan by overhauling the current Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) [...]

The Michigan Department of Treasury (Treasury) reminds municipalities that, although not required, you can review and correct errors in Treasury’s calculation of each municipality’s millage rate eligible for the 2024 Personal Property Tax (PPT) reimbursement [...]

The Michigan Infrastructure Council (MIC) is welcoming a new cohort of infrastructure leaders into the Asset Management Champions Program. The interactive training program combines asynchronous education, facilitated discussions and industry learning into a professional certificate [...]

The Michigan Transportation Asset Management Council (TAMC) recently released its legislatively required annual report. TAMC noted that the federal aid eligible roads “maintained the gains made in 2022.” Data shows 67% of federal aid roads [...]

Legislation that addresses a conflict between state law and some municipal charters cleared the House Elections Committee on Tuesday. As the result of Proposal 2 implementation, clerks must now account for ballots that come in [...]

The Senate Elections and Ethics Committee heard presentations by supporters of the Michigan Voting Rights Act bill package (SBs 401-404) yesterday afternoon. SB 401 would prohibit a local government from imposing any law, practice, policy, [...]

On Tuesday, Governor Whitmer signed legislation that would extend the sunset for the current funding system for Michigan trial courts. HB 5392 from Rep. Lightner, now PA 38 of 2024 extends the sunset until December [...]

In response to the positive feedback from the Cannabis Regulatory Agency (CRA) 's statewide municipality summits and in keeping with its commitment to transparent communication with stakeholders, the CRA has announced the date and time [...]

Legislation to direct the Department of Health and Human Services to participate in The United States Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Ground Emergency Medical Transport (GEMT) program is anticipated to be introduced tomorrow by [...]

This week the Senate and House revealed their respective General Government budgets. Both budgets included significant increases in revenue sharing and referenced major policy changes we have been pushing for. Specifically on the policy front, [...]

This week, the Michigan Senate is anticipated to take action on HB 5392 from Rep. Lighter, which would extend the current sunset on the authority for courts to impose costs upon criminal defendants to fund [...]

The Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) will once again administer a travel survey program called MI Travel Counts.  This survey will be conducted in two waves (April-June 2024 and April-June 2025).  MDOT has contracted with [...]