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July 8, 2021

Submission Portal Now Open for Michigan Communities to Receive American Rescue Plan Support

The portal select Michigan communities are to use to obtain the American Rescue Plan funding assistance is now open. Communities classified as Non-Entitlement Units (NEUs) of Local Government must use this portal to request funding through the Coronavirus Local Fiscal…

August 13, 2020

Michigan Municipal League, Michigan Association of Counties, State Budget Office Call for Additional Resources to Support Essential Services

The Michigan Municipal League has joined with state leaders and the county association in calling for additional resources to support essential services during this COVID-19 crisis. The League, the Michigan State Budget Office, and the Michigan Association of Counties (MAC),…

May 12, 2020

Federal Call to Action: House Releases $3 Trillion Stimulus Plan, Includes $375 In Direct Aid to Local Government

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has released the HEROES Act (HR 6800). It is $3 trillion stimulus plan that would send nearly a trillion dollars to state and local governments. The most significant portion of this proposal is that it would…

May 6, 2020

Help League Compile COVID-19 Municipal Best Practices

During the Michigan Municipal League's recent webinar Re-opening Your Community: What's the Best Strategy? an attendee asked if the League could compile a best practices document. The idea was to collect and share policies being planned or implemented for municipal…

April 21, 2020

League Continues Aggressive Push to have Federal Stimulus Funds Sent Directly to All Municipalities

Today, the Michigan Municipal League sent a letter to each individual member of Michigan’s congressional delegation asking that they include direct support for local governments, regardless of population size, alongside any new investment in the Paycheck Protection Program. And we’ve…

April 8, 2020

“Corona-economy” Effects Could Hit Michigan Hard; Now is Time to Prepare

There's an excellent column in The Hill Monday about the importance of spending time now to think about how communities like Michigan are going to recover economically in the days, weeks and months following the COVID-19 pandemic. The piece was…

March 21, 2020

Urgent Alert From National League of Cities: Contact These Congressional Leaders Today

(Read the letter the Big 7 organizations that represent communities nationwide sent Congress.) An urgent alert from the National League of Cities. They’d like Michigan people to contact Senator Stabenow: Take Action NOW on Senate Legislation | Help Direct Funding…

March 10, 2020

White House to Host Briefing for State & Local Officials on COVID-19

**Registration for the call is now full - The League will post a full recap of the call on Inside 208. On Wednesday, March 11 at 1PM, Senior Administration Officials from the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs will host…

March 5, 2020

MML Launches Coronavirus Response Webpage, Gov. Whitmer Forms Taskforces to Address Impact

The League has launched a webpage to provide our membership with resources and information for local governments to address the COVID-19 (Coronavirus). Additionally, we are providing members with the CDC's Weekly Report on the Coronavirus from the Michigan Association for…

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