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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Local Issues and Governments</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/20.aspx</link><description /><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2008 (Debug Build: 30417.1769)</generator><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 153 (Increase power of school and local emergency financial managers )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280045.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:280045</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>6</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280045.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=280045</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on February 16, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-153'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 Senate Bill 909</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/284850.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 04 Mar 2012 22:11:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:284850</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/284850.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=284850</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on January 26, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-SB-909'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4315 (Require utilities provide customer “smart meter” opt-out )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/325774.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 20:45:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:325774</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/325774.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=325774</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on February 26, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4315'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 Senate Bill 37 (Authorize penalties for nonpayment of “administrative hearing bureau” fines )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/325776.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 00:28:49 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:325776</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/325776.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=325776</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on January 16, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-SB-37'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2013 House Bill 4009 (Authorize regional water and sewer governance authority )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/320109.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2013 13:02:19 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:320109</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/320109.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=320109</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on January 22, 2013&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2013-HB-4009'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 House Bill 5566 (Increase allowable local government and school “deficit spending” debt)</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286619.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 06 May 2012 17:05:10 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:286619</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/286619.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=286619</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on April 24, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5566'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 House Bill 5733 (Completely restore big utility monopolies )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/287391.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 13 Jul 2012 13:45:11 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:287391</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/287391.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=287391</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on June 13, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5733'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 865 (Revise procedures for “rehabilitated” local governments )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/283131.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Dec 2011 02:02:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:283131</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/283131.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=283131</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on December 1, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-865'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 116 (Authorize local right to work zones )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/279792.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:279792</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>63</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/279792.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=279792</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on February 9, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-116'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 Senate Bill 1385 (Authorize appointment of vacated county executive office )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/308106.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 11 Dec 2012 16:13:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:308106</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/308106.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=308106</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on November 27, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-SB-1385'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 House Bill 4054 (Authorize local right to work zones )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/279722.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:279722</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>12</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/279722.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=279722</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on January 13, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-4054'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 120 (Authorize local right to work zones )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/279773.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:279773</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>50</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/279773.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=279773</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on February 9, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-120'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 Senate Bill 1362 (Exempt certain industrial plants from electricity market restrictions )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/307868.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 15:35:07 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:307868</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/307868.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=307868</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on November 8, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-SB-1362'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 Senate Bill 1363 (Allow higher residential utility rates to subsidize Hemlock Semiconductor )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/307850.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 05:21:33 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:307850</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>3</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/307850.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=307850</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on November 8, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-SB-1363'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 House Bill 5564 (Create Detroit “public lighting infrastructure and housing stock inventory investment authority” )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/301150.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 02 Nov 2012 14:15:06 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:301150</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/301150.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=301150</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on April 24, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5564'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 House Bill 5980 (Make county clerk elections nonpartisan )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/296863.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 21:51:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:296863</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/296863.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=296863</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on October 17, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5980'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 Senate Bill 1301 (Expand borrow-and-spend “port authority” powers )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/293516.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Oct 2012 22:12:30 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:293516</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/293516.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=293516</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on September 20, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-SB-1301'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 House Bill 5945 (Give governor power to remove county executive for misconduct )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/294213.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 21 Oct 2012 13:34:01 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:294213</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/294213.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=294213</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on September 25, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5945'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>Fruitport, Michigan</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/289972.aspx</link><pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:45:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:289972</guid><dc:creator>TaterSalad</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/289972.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=289972</wfw:commentRss><description>Fruit Port, Michigan Unions stiff the taxpayers.  Is this the next Detroit of Michigan on the horizon?
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http://www.michigancapitolconfidential**.*com/17665&lt;div style="clear:both;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 371 (Expand allowable ORV road-shoulder riding locations )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280885.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:280885</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>5</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/280885.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=280885</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on May 10, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-371'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 House Bill 5859 (Preempt local wind measurement tower restrictions )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/288058.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 10:22:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:288058</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/288058.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=288058</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on September 11, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-HB-5859'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2012 Senate Bill 1035 (Limit electric utility monopolies (expand competition))</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/287202.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 Jun 2012 10:53:02 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:287202</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>4</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/287202.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=287202</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on March 21, 2012&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2012-SB-1035'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 House Bill 4309 (Repeal consolidated government employee transfer restrictions )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/279979.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:279979</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>1</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/279979.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=279979</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on February 22, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-4309'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 House Bill 4925 (Expand allowable ORV road-shoulder riding locations )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/281994.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:281994</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/281994.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=281994</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the House on September 8, 2011&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-HB-4925'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item><item><title>2011 Senate Bill 8 (Authorize local government consolidated service authorities )</title><link>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/282327.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2001 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">85480579-cbb1-4596-8e66-ca77d6981342:282327</guid><dc:creator>Votes Admin</dc:creator><slash:comments>2</slash:comments><comments>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/thread/282327.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://www.michiganvotes.org/forum/forums/commentrss.aspx?SectionID=20&amp;PostID=282327</wfw:commentRss><description>Introduced in the Senate on January 19, 2011, to allow and specify procedures for two or more local governments to enter partnerships to provide particular government services, and give these the power to levy up to 5 mills of property tax. The decision to enter such a partnership would not be subject to referendum and an elected official could not be recalled for it. Whether to enter a partnership would be a prohibited subject for collective bargaining with government employee unions and employers, but they could still negotiate the prospective labor contract terms&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;The vote was 26 in favor, 12 opposed and 0 not voting&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;(Senate Roll Call 333 at Senate Journal 0)&lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.michiganvotes.org/2011-SB-8'&gt;Click here to view bill details.&lt;/a&gt;</description></item></channel></rss>