NEWS

Senate panel signs off on 10% boost for revenue sharing A 10 percent increase for county revenue sharing for fiscal 2023 took another step toward enactment this week when the […]

House resolution names April as County Government Month To mark National County Government Month (NCGM) in April, the Michigan House of Representatives on Tuesday passed a resolution drafted by MAC […]

Michigan Supreme Court hears challenge to local judges’ ability to collect costs The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments this week in Lansing on People v. Johnson, which challenges the state […]

Governor signs $4.7 billion spending bill on water, more Nearly $5 billion is about to be injected into Michigan’s infrastructure after Gov. Gretchen Whitmer this week signed a supplemental spending […]

MAC-backed bills on road patrol funds clear House committee A MAC-supported legislative package to improve Secondary Road Patrol (SRP) funding via the state liquor tax passed out of the House […]

MAC, allies continue push to block mental health privatization Senate bills that would privatize the state’s mental health system remain on the Senate floor, as MAC and other organizations work […]

House committee advances $1.15 billion for local pension grants On Thursday in a joint committee meeting of the House Appropriations Committee and the House Tax Policy Committee, House Bill 5054 […]

State commits $1.2 billion to health response on COVID A supplemental appropriation bill signed by Gov. Gretchen Witmer this week commits $1.2 billion to health care efforts in response to […]

Governor proposes increase in County Revenue Sharing State Budget Director Chris Harkins presented Governor Whitmer’s FY 2023 budget recommendations to the legislature this week. The $74 billion budget represents a […]

Breakout topics released for 2022 Legislative Conference Attendees at the 2022 Legislative Conference will have a dozen breakout sessions to choose from on trending issues in county governance, MAC announced […]