Blog tagged as Infrastructure

CRC: Hall's Road Funding Plan Creates $2.5B Hole

12/10/24 01:00 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
CRC: Hall's Road Funding Plan Creates $2.5B Hole
House Minority Leader Matt Hall (R-Richland Township)'s plan to shift $2.7 billion in tax revenue to road infrastructure will mean "major reductions" of around 17 percent to the state's General Fund

Infrastructure Disaster Relief Fund Moves 

12/04/24 01:50 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Infrastructure Disaster Relief Fund Moves 
Every year, $5 million would be set aside for an emergency infrastructure disaster relief fund under legislation that moved out of a House committee Tuesday

New $2 Water Affordability Program Flows Into Lame Duck 

12/03/24 02:40 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
New $2 Water Affordability Program Flows Into Lame Duck 
Proponents of a first-of-its-kind water affordability program in Michigan – funded by a $2 monthly charge on customers – are continuing their support in lame duck with a new version that keeps fee revenue in the region it came from.

MITA Pushes For Sustainable Road Funding By Year's End As County Roads Crumble

10/02/24 11:12 AM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
MITA Pushes For Sustainable Road Funding By Year's End As County Roads Crumble
The Michigan Infrastructure and Transportation Association (MITA) is making a new push to get lawmakers to a $3.9 billion annual road funding shortfall by year's end as a new County Roads Association (CRAM) report points to crumbling concrete.

Gov't Cybersecurity Requires Continual Funding, Effort

09/03/24 04:39 PM - By Team MIRS - Comment(s)
Gov't Cybersecurity Requires Continual Funding, Effort
Cybersecurity is an ongoing challenge for state and local governments that cannot be ignored, panelists said at a National Conference of State Legislatures (NCSL) forum earlier this month.