There's an excellent Wall Street Journal article about the cash crisis facing out states and cities from COVID-19 that's worth checking out. The Oct. 28 article details the type of thing the Michigan Municipal League's SaveMICity initiative has been saying…
A new, independent research report by the Massachusetts-based Lincoln Institute for Land Policy has found that Michigan's system for funding its communities is among the most restrictive in the nation, making it difficult for its cities to provide essential services…
A new CLOSUP report from the University of Michigan's Public Policy Survey (MPPS) shows that our state's system for funding local government is broken and needs reform. Hmm, that sounds familiar doesn't it? We've been saying this for years at…
The 2017 revenue sharing numbers from the Michigan Department of Treasury show that another half billion dollars have been diverted from cities, villages, townships, and counties. That brings the total amount lost in revenue sharing since 2002 to $8.6 billion.…
We had a fantastic panel discussion this morning about why we need to fix Michigan's broken system for funding municipalities. The discussion took place at the state’s premiere political event of the year – the Detroit Regional Chamber’s Mackinac Policy…
[arve url="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g_osM97nQAo"/] Today, the Michigan Municipal League is taking our ongoing SaveMICity initiative to the next level. Those who support Michigan cities, villages, townships and counties, may already know that Michigan hasn’t been investing in our communities. In fact, our…
There is a really nice column by Rob Bacigalupi in the Traverse City Record-Eagle about Michigan's broken system for funding municipalities. Bacigalupi wrote about our state's disinvestment in our communities after hearing the Michigan Municipal League's Anthony Minghine speak to…
There is an excellent column recently posted on Governing.com about the problem of local government retiree healthcare costs in Michigan and beyond. The column prominently features comments and suggestions to addressing the issue by the Michigan Municipal League CEO and…
New: Watch Anthony Minghine's Traverse City presentation here The Michigan Municipal League's SaveMICity initiative received some excellent media coverage over the last few days over our presentation in Traverse City about the state's broken system for funding municipalities. The League's…
With the federal government budget shutdown still ongoing, we thought now is as relevant time as any to remind our readers that local government remains open for business. Ithaca N.Y. Mayor Svante Myrick stated it best when he posted this…