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The Low-Income Household Water Assistance Program (LIHWAP) is a temporary emergency program to help low-income households pay overdue water and wastewater bills. Michigan received emergency funding from Congress to administer this program. This program is available to low-income homeowners or…

The League is excited to let you know that after months of anticipation, the U.S. Treasury issued the final rule implementing the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) program under the American Rescue Plan. In the coming days,…

The Michigan Municipal League is passing along this 2022 Board of Review Training information per the request of the Michigan Department of Treasury: All new and returning Board of Review members are required to receive training at least once every…

The Michigan Strategic Fund (MSF) recently approved program guidelines for American Rescue Plan funding appropriated to the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC) back in the fall. The Revitalization and Placemaking (RAP) program utilizes $100 million in federal American Rescue Plan dollars to…

Earlier today, Governor Whitmer signed a package of bills said to be vital to Michigan's efforts to compete for transformational projects into law. The bipartisan supported bills create the Strategic Outreach and Attraction Reserve (SOAR) program which fully funds a…

As the state Legislature wrapped up for the year, no action was taken to extend the December 31, 2021, sunset in the Open Meetings Act allowing public bodies to meet remotely. Starting January 1, 2022, any remote meeting accommodations previously…