Blog tagged as Local Government

Residents living on the cusp of poverty could only be charged 2% or 3% of their household income on their water bills if they enroll in a state program, under legislation that received more than three hours of House committee testimony Thursday.

The Senate Labor Committee approved legislation Thursday permitting local governments to set minimum wage rates and benefit mandates higher than the statewide standard, undoing an 8-year-old Snyder-era preemption nicknamed the "Death Star" law.

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan urged lawmakers to move his property tax plan to disincentivize land speculation by increasing taxes on vacant land and reducing taxes on buildings during Wednesday’s House Tax Policy Committee hearing.

(DETROIT) -- Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan urged the Legislature Thursday to pass by the end of October his property tax reform plan so the Detroit City Council has time to put it on the 2024 presidential primary ballot.

Local election officials met Wednesday with the Bureau of Elections on the status of Michigan's 2024 presidential primary, but the hard reality is that nobody knows what to say.