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...
In late spring, MAC asked county commissioners to respond to a survey so we could answer the question, “Who are Michigan’s county commissioners?” MAC received 205 responses from 622 county commissioners as part of this effort. Based on these results, commissioners...
The 2019 Michigan Counties Annual Conference, “People and Places,” will be held Aug. 18-20 at the Grand Traverse Resort in Grand Traverse County. More than 300 county leaders and others are expected to attend this year’s event, which will include: Three plenary...
At the 2019 Michigan Counties Conference, MAC members will vote on five seats on the MAC Board of Directors. Commissioners wishing to serve on the Board, whether incumbents or new candidates, have until July 18 to file official notice of their intent to run. Seats...
Actions by Senate appropriators this week would worsen the state’s disinvestment in county government and further stress the ability of counties to effectively serve Michigan residents, said the executive director of the Michigan Association of Counties. “By...