MAC Team attends NACo Annual Legislative Conference The National Association of Counties (NACo) hosted its annual legislative conference earlier this week. Michigan was well represented at the conference with more […]
Governor’s FY25 budget proposal looks promising for counties A state General Fund budget proposal of $14 billion that includes a $26 million boost in county revenue sharing for fiscal 2025 […]
MAC sets federal legislative priorities in 2024 In advance of next week’s National Association of Counties gathering in Washington, D.C., MAC has finalized its legislative priorities for 2024 on Capitol […]
Counties: Importance of local governments missing from governor’s speech A vital tune was noticeably missing from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s State of the State “playlist” on Wednesday night: the importance and […]
Podcast team reviews MAC policy priorities for 2024 A long-sought policy to create a secure source of county revenue sharing dollars and changes in juvenile justice and court policies are […]
Federal court orders new lines for set of legislative districts Some of Michigan’s House and Senate election districts face a revamp in wake of a Thursday afternoon ruling by a […]
Juvenile justice package adopted as MAC scores win in 2023 priority Nineteen pieces of a 20-bill package to make sweeping reforms to the juvenile justice system, long backed by MAC, […]
Year in Review continues with focus on public safety funding, Open Meetings Act changes Potential new funds for public safety and long-needed repairs to the state Open Meetings Act are […]
Podcast 83 begins look back at 2023 legislative year Legislative successes on juvenile justice reform, property tax reimbursements and revenue sharing highlight the first of two episodes of Podcast 83 […]
Registration deadline approaches for Dec. 7 Policy Summit A MAC-commissioned report on the services that counties provide to other local governments will be reviewed at the MAC Policy Summit set […]