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 […]
Legislative Update 2-25-22
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Legislative Update 2-18-22
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 […]
Legislative Update 2-11-22
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 […]
Legislative Update 2-4-22
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 […]
Legislative Update 1-28-22
OMA update, protecting mental health services top MAC’s 2022 priorities Updating the Open Meetings Act to meet the 21st century needs of state residents and preventing an ill-advised attempt to […]
Nationwide is helping NACo participants protect savings and retirement income with full suite of in-plan guarantees
By Nationwide Retirement Solutions The SECUREÂ Act (Setting Every Community up for Retirement Enhancement Act) signed into law on Dec. 20, 2019, opened a new era of opportunity for retirement plan […]
Legislative Update 1-21-22
Governor to keynote 2022 Legislative Conference; registration open for March 21-23 event Gov. Gretchen Whitmer will keynote the 2022 Michigan Counties Legislative Conference, addressing a plenary session of the event […]
Legislative Update 1-14-22
U.S. Supreme Court puts hold on vaccine mandate for large employers, allows mandate for health facilities to operate On Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Supreme Court halted the Biden administration’s vaccine […]
Legislative Update 12-22-21
Bills for 4-year terms signed into law Starting in 2024, candidates in Michigan for county commissioner will run for 4-year terms, as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has signed new term legislation: […]
Legislative Update 12-17-21
Legislature sets up future funding crisis on Personal Property Tax MAC joined with other local government groups this week to urge the Legislature to address the consequences of a massive […]