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Michigan was the only state in the nation to see overall revenue decline for cities, townships and counties from 2002 to 2012, according to the Michigan Municipal League.
The league says the eight percent decrease in municipal revenue was due mainly to the state cutting revenue sharing by $7.5 billion dollars over that period.
The league’s chief operating officer, Tony Minghine, says state revenues increased 29-percent from 2002 to 2014, but revenue sharing fell 59 percent.
The report comes ahead of the league unveiling policy proposals that Minghine says are designed to change the way local governments are funded and structured in the state.
