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MAC announces 2021 Regional Summits in 4 locations around Michigan

Commissioners and other county leaders will learn tips on how to utilize American Rescue Plans and be briefed on the affordable housing crisis and its effects on counties during MAC’s 2021 Regional Summits in late July. …

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Stop the Legislature's diversion of property taxes

Michigan counties have spent the 21st century in a fiscal crisis. The least the Legislature could do in response is stop making matters worse, argues MAC Executive Director Stephan Currie. …

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Candidate filing period opens for MAC Board elections in September

At the 2021 Michigan Counties Annual Conference (Sept. 26-28 on Mackinac Island), 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 Aug. 26 to file official notice of their intent to run. …

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New report finds most Michigan counties in a ‘fiscal gap’

Almost 60 Michigan counties lacked the financial resources in 2017 to cover the public services they need to provide, even after accounting for state aid such as revenue sharing, says a new analysis from a Michigan State University professor. …

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Gov. Whitmer pitches road funding plan to MAC Legislative Conference

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