State reviewing $26 billion settlement offer on opioids A bipartisan group of state attorneys general revealed a $26 billion national settlement this week with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three companies that distributed opioid painkillers. Michigan Attorney...
MAC urges counties to announce support for ARP match program MAC is working with the state of Michigan and local government groups on a match program to earmark close to $4 billion in state American Rescue Plan (ARP) funds to invest, amplify and leverage the influx of...
Legislature leaves unsettled FY22 budget as summer begins The Michigan House and Senate came together on a small piece of the budget this week — unfortunately not one that includes revenue sharing payments for counties or an additional $110 million for nursing...
House passes huge budget bill with revenue sharing, indigent defense dollars The House worked late into Thursday evening this week to move bipartisan budget bills, in hopes the Senate approves them to meet the Legislature's statutory July 1 deadline to send a state...
MAC has created this area to collect and share information on American Rescue Plan funds that related to Michigan's 83 counties. LATEST: SLFRF Project and Expenditure Report User Guide (July 2022) News FAQs from U.S. Treasury on ARP funds (4/27) NACo Analysis of ARP...
ARP revenue calculator released; consulting contracts now available Counties now can download their own copies of a calculator sheet on revenue losses for purposes of the American Rescue Plan (ARP), the National Association of Counties announced this week. Developed...
MAC continues to gather answers, devise strategies on ARP spending With the release of a new U.S. Treasury FAQ sheet and aggregated language on interim spending rules, Michigan counties now have substantial guidance on how they can use the $1.9 billion in direct...
Huge Senate majority approves 4-year terms for commissioners By a vote of 32-4, the Michigan Senate approved Senate Bills 242, by Sen. Ed McBroom (R-Dickinson), and SB 245, by Sen. Jeremy Moss (D-Oakland), which would bring four-year terms for county commissioners to...
By Stephan Currie, Executive Director, Michigan Association of Counties The citizens now serving in the Michigan Legislature did not create the fiscal crisis that now grips our 83 counties and other local governments. The crisis is so large, so complex, it took...
Counties can earn, keep interest on ARP funds, Treasury says during video call Officials from the U.S. Treasury and the White House gave more context to the American Rescue Plan (ARP) spending rules during a brief video call on Tuesday. Among the key questions...