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Governor Gretchen Whitmer will talk about her budget plan at the MML's 2019 Capital Conference March 19-20. Governor Whitmer and State Budget Director Chris Kolb appeared before a joint hearing of the House and Senate Appropriations committees this morning to release her Administration's budget plans for the upcoming fiscal year....

Governor Gretchen Whitmer is speaking at the MML's 2019 Capital Conference. Michigan Municipal League is very excited to announce that Governor Gretchen Whitmer has accepted our invitation to speak at Capital Conference! In honor of this momentous event, the League is extending the early bird registration deadline to midnight, Thursday, March...

Below is a statement the Michigan Municipal League just released about Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s budget proposal announced today. It’s also posted on the League’s press release page here. The Governor also shared with us last night that she has accepted our invitation for her to speak at our Capital Conference on [...]

On December 26, 2018, the Governor signed Public Act 473 of 2018, establishing the Community Infrastructure Fund (CIF).  The new law amends the act that established the Transportation Economic Development Fund (TEDF) to include the CIF as a new category of TEDF funding known as “TEDF, Category B.”  The act...

The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is excited to launch the new Local Leaders Webinar Series. The series is dedicated to helping Michigan's local officials and community leaders gain a better understanding of the DEQ and the environmental regulations that affect their communities. Each month, the DEQ will host...

Earlier this afternoon Treasury staff shared the following information as part of the 2018 amendments that the League supported to the state's Personal Property Tax reimbursement system.  A key component of last year's law change allows communities to seek corrections to their PPT reimbursement amounts when calculation or data errors...

The Michigan Municipal League has been asked to pass this along to our members, particularly our many rural community members. It's from the USDA. WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2019 – Assistant to the Secretary for Rural Development Anne Hazlett today announced that USDA and four of its partners are accepting applications...

The State of Michigan, through the Department of Technology, Management, and Budget (DTMB) is providing a grant opportunity for projects that exclusively extend broadband service into unserved areas in Michigan.  Applications for the Connecting Michigan Communities (CMIC) Grant are to be received through a competitive grant process that is technology [...]

From Left League CEO & Executive Director Dan Gilmartin, Irma Esparza Diggs, League President Melanie Piana, Congressman Dan Kildee and NLC CEO Clarence Anthony. (View more photos here) They're fighting for Michigan communities. They're fighting for all the nation's communities. They are fighting for more funding for infrastructure. They're networking...

Today, Chris Hackbarth, the Michigan Municipal League's director of state and federal affairs, had an opportunity to testify before the 100th Legislature's House Local Government and Municipal Finance Committee. We are encouraged that "Municipal Finance" has been added to the committee name this term. Hopefully it's an indicator that the message...