MAC’s Podcast 83 team will lead a special live edition on Monday, Sept. 21 to field questions from county leaders on the FY21 state budget and all other legislative matters coming to a head in Lansing this fall. Executive Director Stephan Currie will moderate the...
Key trial court costs bill to become law Legislation to extend the authority of trial courts to levy costs to defendants will soon be law, after the Senate this week approved House Bill 5488 and sent it to Gov. Gretchen Whitmer for her expected signature. The bill, a...
By: Dan Papineau, Director of Tax Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Michigan Chamber of Commerce (Editor's note: This article originally appeared in the August edition of Michigan Counties, MAC's bimonthly e-newsletter.) Perhaps it was the recent remark I made about...
Revenue sharing replacement funds to hit accounts on Monday Replacement dollars for the cancelled August revenue sharing payments will reach county accounts on Monday, Aug. 31 as scheduled, MAC was told this week by state officials. Although the amount listed on the...
During regional caucuses held at the Virtual Annual Conference in August, MAC members re-elected five incumbents and selected a new face as one of two Board members from Region 4. Crenshaw Klinefelt Ponstein Bonovetz Schmidt Storey Bryan Crenshaw of Ingham County...
Izzo charms, inspires during conference keynote “All of us are role models,” Michigan State University basketball coach Tom Izzo told county leaders gathered for a special session Thursday of MAC’s 2020 Virtual Annual Conference. “You gotta give back some things. I...
Virtual Annual Conference begins on Tuesday The first events of MAC’s two-week Virtual Annual Conference are set for Tuesday, Aug. 18, including a Plenary Session of special reports from MAC personnel. Week one of the conference, which runs Aug. 18-27, also will...
Without federal dollars, FY21 state budget will be grim for counties Without numbers scheduled to be derived from the next consensus revenue estimating conference slated for late August, we can only estimate the anticipated state budget deficit for fiscal year 21,...
Whitmer tightens social, entertainment restrictions as caseloads climb Gov. Gretchen Whitmer tightened restrictions on social and entertainment activity in Northern Michigan today in response to rising caseloads of COVID-19 in Michigan. Beginning July 31, Executive...
FY20 budget deal uses federal COVID aid to compensate counties for revenue sharing cuts Legislative leaders and the Governor’s Office reached final agreement this week on a plan to balance the current FY20 state budget by making large cuts to state spending and...