Budget talks stuck; your voice needed to propel action October has come and gone, but Michigan leaders still have not resolved a budget impasse that imperils millions in county funding for key programs. While MAC is told that discussions between Gov. Gretchen Whitmer...
As county leaders digest the budget vetoes from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, the fiscal implications only keep growing for county governments and the residents they serve. Crawford: 'Swamp tax' is big hit to tight budget "For Crawford County, the cuts mean the county could...
"A mess"; "ugly" "lead balloon"; "unprecedented"; "big trouble." Those words, and many more, were used today (Oct. 1) by the Podcast 83 team as they discussed the effects on Michigan counties in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer's flurry of line-item vetoes to the 2020 state...
In an unprecedented move, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer on Tuesday issued 147 line-item vetoes in the FY20 budget, affecting more than $947 million in state spending. Although the 2.3 percent increase (about $5 million) for county revenue sharing evaded the vetoes, other line...
Despite falling arrests, particularly among young people, tens of thousands of people in Michigan are still arrested for low-level charges like failure to appear in court, marijuana possession and shoplifting, the Michigan Jail and Pretrial Detention Task Force was...
Oakland County Commissioner Shelley Goodman Taub, who served as president of the MAC Board in 2016-17, was appointed to the Board of the National Association of Counties (NACo) during NACo’s recent Annual Conference. At the same event, Taub also was re-appointed as...
Six commissioners met the July 18 deadline to file for election to the MAC Board of Directors at the upcoming Annual Conference. Incumbent Board Directors Vaughn Begick (Bay – Region 6), Donald Parker (Livingston – Region 4), Robert Showers (Clinton – Region 4) and...
A legal challenge to Michigan’s law on local court costs was turned aside July 10 by the Michigan Supreme Court. The court declined to take up a decision in People v. Cameron from the Michigan Court of Appeals that deemed state law authorizing court costs...