Izzo added to 2020 Virtual Annual Conference line-up A special address from legendary Michigan State University coach Tom Izzo will be one of the highlights of the 2020 MAC Virtual Annual Conference, which will include events on days between Aug. 18 and Aug. 27. Izzo...
Treasury webinar details deadlines, guidance on COVID funds      Counties confront a July 17 deadline to apply for reimbursements for public safety and public health payroll and benefit expenses for the employees substantially dedicated to responding or mitigating...
Expungement bill moves out of Senate committee A House bill that that would automatically set aside certain felony and misdemeanor convictions moved out of the Senate Judiciary Committee this week. The committee, however, did add language to create a specified fund to...
Legislature backs nearly $1 billion for COVID responses A large infusion of aid for local governments, first responders and health workers lacks only Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s signature after the Legislature approved Senate Bill 690 this week. The bill, by Sen Jim...
Michigan Senate endorses flexible use of federal CARES Act dollars The Michigan Senate called on the federal government to ease restrictions on use of the nearly $3.8 billion Michigan has received from the CARES Act via a resolution passed Thursday. Â Senate Resolution...
At the 2020 Michigan Counties Annual Conference in August, MAC members will vote on six seats on the MAC Board of Directors. Commissioners wishing to serve on the Board, whether incumbents or new candidates, have until July 16 to file official notice of their intent...
MAC Board votes to shift Annual Conference to virtual sessions The 2020 MAC Annual Conference will be a virtual event stretching across several days in late August, the MAC Board of Directors decided during a meeting on Friday. “With counties and vendors alike still...
This article originally appeared in the April 2020 edition of Michigan Counties. Name: Sen. Jim Ananich District/counties: 27th/Genesee County Committees: Government Operations Term #: 2nd full term Previous public service: Michigan House of Representatives,...
This article originally appeared in the April 2020 edition of Michigan Counties. Name: Sarah Lightner    District/counties: 65th/Parts of Jackson, Eaton and Lenawee counties Committees: Appropriations Committee; Appropriations Subcommittees on General Government...
By Barb Byrum/Ingham County Clerk This article originally appeared in the April 2020 edition of Michigan Counties. In March, Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson said her office would mail an application for an absent voter ballot to all qualified registered voters who...