Governor
Signs Health Care Legislation
Governor Rick Snyder has signed SB 7, legislation changing
the way local units of government pay for health care. The
new law, PA 152 of 2011, creates a preference for a hard cap
for public employers. A public employer can opt into an 80/20
cost sharing arrangement instead or a local government may
opt out entirely. MORE>
State
Affairs Update
 Government
Competition Bill to Have Hearing Today –
Today at noon the House Oversight, Reform and Ethics Committee
is taking up HB
4453, a bill that would prohibit government competition
against private entities in construction or rehabilitation
of public works infrastructure. The substitute the committee
expects to take up is narrower than the introduced version;
however, the League will be testifying in opposition to this
legislation. MORE>
Driver
Responsibility Fees Face Challenge in House Committee
“Super
Drunk” Bills Sail Through Committee
League
Opposes Expansion of Economic Development Tools to Greenfields
Webinar
for Proposed Michigan Regional Planning Act
EVIP
Grants Available for Cooperative Efforts
Federal Update
 House
Leader Given OK to Raise Transportation Funding Levels –
Congressman John Mica, chair of the House Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee, has been given the go-ahead by House
Republican leadership to seek $15 billion in additional revenues
per year to fund a new transportation reauthorization bill.
MORE>
Federal
Highway and FAA Funding Extended
President
Unveils $447 Billion Jobs Plan
Federal
Highway Relents On Traffic Sign Regulations
Federal
Grant Opportunities
Rural
Development Solid Waste Grants Available
21st Century Communities
 Twitter
Talk on Transportation Helps Define, Communicate Vision for
Michigan’s Future –
Let’s Save Michigan and the League held its first-ever
Twitter Talk on transportation last week at the Lansing office.
Using new communication tools was a great way not only to
spread the message, but to encourage participants to also
think about the topic itself in new and innovative ways. Much
of the focus was on the need to develop a new dialogue that
looks not only at how much we're spending, but on how and
where we're spending it, at a time when people are re-designing
their relationships to work and community. MORE>
Transit
Twitter Talk Generates Constant Conversation
Plug-In
Vehicle Readiness Training September 29
Economics
of Place
Book Released, Available from League at Amazon
Test
a Neighborhood’s Livability with the “Popsicle
Test” and the “Halloween Test”
Michigan
Main Street Program Seeks Communities
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