Michigan Revenue-Sharing Model Comes Under Fire

Government Technology: (TNS) -- Eastpointe City Manager Steve Duchane says local governments in Michigan have been doing a lot of reacting to revenue sharing cuts through the years, slashing services and programs because they have been receiving fewer state funds.

But now, more than a dozen of those local governments – most in metro Detroit – are taking action, joining a nonprofit group that on Wednesday filed a civil lawsuit against the state for overstating various payments to local governments and causing a more than $1 billion shortfall to municipalities.

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