Nov 17, 2021 | Membership
Early this week, MITA’s Vice President of Government Affairs Lance Binoniemi broke down for WJR’s Talk Show Host Paul W. Smith what the federal infrastructure funding bill really means. While the bill, signed into law by President Biden on Monday, is the biggest...
Jan 28, 2021 | Legislative
This week Governor Gretchen Whitmer delivered her third State of the State address, unlike any other that Michigan has seen due to the global pandemic. It was the first time that the annual speech was not delivered to a joint House and Senate session at the Capitol...
Mar 6, 2020 | Legislative
Conversations continue on long-term road funding solutions in response to Governor Whitmer’s $3.5 billion transportation bonding proposal approved in February. Earlier this week, the House Republicans introduced legislation to remove sales tax on motor fuel over...
Oct 16, 2019 | Legislative
Legislation is currently being debated in the Michigan House of Representatives that would allow local road agencies to self-perform construction projects up to $500,000 in work without opening up those projects to the open bidding process, or in other words, through...
Sep 9, 2019 | Legislative
As most of you have probably read or heard by now, legislative leaders and the Governor have agreed to move forward with the state budget without a significant road funding plan in place. The Michigan constitution requires the legislature and Governor to pass a...