Publications for Governmental Relations

On November 6, 2018, Michigan voters approved Proposal 1, the Marihuana Legalization Initiative*.

Public pension systems are increasingly underfunded. Data released in 2017 indicates that the median state funding ratio (the percentage of assets that a state has available for future payments to retirees) fell to 71.1 percent in 2016, down from 74.5 percent in 2015.

The Michigan Department of Treasury’s Michigan Municipal Bond Authority (MMBA) offers a variety of financing programs to Michigan municipalities.

Qualified retirement plans that are maintained by governmental employers must comply with various tax law changes.

The Federal Trade Commission ("FTC") has further delayed enforcement of the Red Flags Rule until June 1, 2010. 

The Michigan Court of Appeals recently struck down a city ordinance that required a person suspected of being a minor who has possessed or consumed alcohol (MIP) to submit to a preliminary breath test (PBT) upon request of a police officer.