MITA Mentions (Gas Tax Holiday Statement) Michigan House will vote on gas tax pause if Senate sends the bill (The Detroit News, 9/29/26) (Lansing State Journal, 9/29/26) State Senate might vote today to suspend Michigan gas tax (WKZO, 9/29/26) Whitmer supports federal gas tax holiday, but declines to weigh in on state

MITA members are starting to share examples of local and county agencies performing work that, to be quite honest, should be put out to bid! However, tracking and reporting requirements are neither straightforward nor standardized, and this will become part of MITA’s legislative focus going forward. To get the ball

The 2027 MITA Annual Conference is heading to downtown Grand Rapids, January 27–28, 2027. The setting is new, but the core of the conference stays the same: the sessions you count on, time with colleagues, and a trade show spread across two connected venues. We’ve put together a one-page guide

Wednesday, MITA Executive Vice President Rob Coppersmith issued the press release below in response to proposals in the Legislature to put in place a state gas tax holiday. A three-month holiday would pull an estimated $600 million out of road funding, and that money pays the crews who build Michigan’s