The SaveMICity initiative is supporting a roll out of what the Michigan Municipal League is calling our Community Stabilization Plan. Raising awareness of the financial crisis currently facing our communities is a key part of this effort leading up to…
The current COVID-19 pandemic and it's impact on Michigan's communities was the topic of an excellent panel discussion Thursday that included the Michigan Municipal League's Summer Minnick. The SaveMICity initiative has long talked about how the state's system for funding…
U.S. Congressman Dan Kildee talks about his ideas for promoting a national agenda around strengthening communities on the latest episode of the SaveMICity Podcast. The League's Anthony Minghine, COO and deputy executive director, interviewed Kildee recently in Kildee's Flint office.…
Two years after its debut, the SaveMICity initiative is gaining momentum as we get ready to launch the next phase of the campaign during the week of the League's 2018 Convention. In anticipation of that launch, we've laid the groundwork…
The Michigan Municipal League is excited about today’s historic U.S. Supreme Court decision regarding the ability of states to collect sales tax on internet purchases.
For too long, internet based companies have reaped the economic benefits of doing business in our state without making the investments in local services that domiciled businesses have made.
View more photos from the National League of Cities conference here. A contingent of local government leaders from Michigan were in Washington D.C. this week for the annual National League of Cities Congressional City Conference. The League members attending as…
Real nice press release by Katy Garavaglia about our SaveMICity tour happening in Traverse City next week. Huge shout out of appreciation to the City of Traverse City, particularly Benjamin Marentette, Mayor Jim Carruthers, Commissioner Richard Lewis, Michigan Municipal League…
The March/April 2016 edition of the Review is dedicated to the issues surrounding our broken municipal finance system and the need for significant reform. Without a fresh look at our system, we are damned to a cycle of merely hanging…