Treasury webinar details deadlines, guidance on COVID funds Counties confront a July 17 deadline to apply for reimbursements for public safety and public health payroll and benefit expenses for the […]
Legislative Update 7-10-20
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Legislative Update 6-26-20
Expungement bill moves out of Senate committee A House bill that that would automatically set aside certain felony and misdemeanor convictions moved out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. […]
Legislative Update 6-19-20
Legislature backs nearly $1 billion for COVID responses A large infusion of aid for local governments, first responders and health workers lacks only Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signature after the Legislature […]
Legislative Update 6-12-20
Michigan Senate endorses flexible use of federal CARES Act dollars The Michigan Senate called on the federal government to ease restrictions on use of the nearly $3.8 billion Michigan has […]
Candidates can now file for seats on MAC Board of Directors
At the 2020 Michigan Counties Annual Conference in August, MAC members will vote on six seats on the MAC Board of Directors. Commissioners wishing to serve on the Board, whether […]
Legislative Update 6-5-20
MAC Board votes to shift Annual Conference to virtual sessions The 2020 MAC Annual Conference will be a virtual event stretching across several days in late August, the MAC Board […]
Legislative Update 5-29-20
MAC opens ‘Camp Counties’ for summer webinars With in-person gatherings still discouraged, but the need to share information and best practices never more acute, MAC has responded with a new […]
Camp Counties: MAC’s summer webinar series
With in-person gatherings still discouraged, but the need to share information and best practices never more acute, MAC has responded with a new educational series for summer 2020: Camp Counties. […]
Legislative Update 5-22-20
Court sides with governor on emergency powers in 1945 law Michigan’s Court of Claims turned aside a challenge to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers under a 1945 state law in […]
Legislative Update 5-15-20
Revenue meeting paints bleak outlook for Michigan into 2022 The state has a $3.2 billion hole in its current budgets, public finance experts testified today before the state’s Consensus Revenue […]