{"id":3205,"date":"2014-04-04T16:06:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-04T20:06:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.mml.org\/wp\/inside208\/?p=3205"},"modified":"2014-04-04T16:06:08","modified_gmt":"2014-04-04T20:06:08","slug":"legislature-in-district-until-late-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mml.org\/inside208\/2014\/04\/04\/legislature-in-district-until-late-april\/","title":{"rendered":"Legislature In District Until Late April"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The legislature is on spring break until late April. The House is scheduled to be in next on Thursday, April 17. The Senate is scheduled to be back the week of April 22.<\/p>\n<p>In the interim the lobbying team is still hard at work with legislative and administration staff on various issues including (but not even close to limited to) EVIP, transportation funding and tax capture district reform. Happy Spring!<\/p>\n<p><em>Samantha Harkins is the Director of State Affairs for the Michigan Municipal League.\u00a0 She can be reached at 517-908-0306 or email at sharkins@mml.org<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The legislature is on spring break until late April. The House is scheduled to be in next on Thursday, April 17. The Senate is scheduled to be back the week of April 22. 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