The Michigan Counties Workers' Compensation Fund (MCWCF) has awarded grants to agencies in eight counties to help reduce employee accidents and injuries. These sums are part of the MCWCF's Loss Prevention Grants Program, started in 2014. With this round of grants,...
MAC Executive Director Tim McGuire used an appearance on "The Big Show" with Michael Patrick Shiels to make the case that only new revenue will propel the state out of its roads crisis. ""Do we want dirt roads? ... The point is, if you are going to fix the roads, you...
Allegan County Board of Commissioners Chairman Mark DeYoung and fellow Allegan Commissioner Jon Campbell were presented the first place award in the Center for Digital Government’s 2015 Digital Survey Awards at the National Association of Counties’ Annual Conference...
Two members of the Michigan Association of Counties (MAC) were informed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently that their grant applications for brownfield assessments were accepted. Alger County will receive $196,100, while Jackson County will get...
MAC President Jon Campbell took to the pages of the Detroit Free Press today (May 29) to draw more attention to the growing crisis presented to local government services by the "dark stores" property tax technique: "This gaming of the system, known in tax circles as...
The Michigan Department of Treasury reports that liquor tax distributions to counties will decline to $49.88 million in fiscal 2016, from $73.75 million in fiscal 2015. The 4 percent liquor tax that gets distributed to counties across the state is set to expire at the...
The Michigan Association of Counties (MAC) reiterated today its longstanding support for a statewide vote to increase the sales tax by 1 penny, with all new funds generated dedicated to road work. Jon Campbell, president of the MAC Board of Directors and an Allegan...