With media reports piling up over so-called “cyberbullying” and the tragic consequences of what 20 years ago would have been inconceivable — kids having the ability to bully each other…
While the vast majority of the lakes area was hunkered down, preparing for the impending “snowpocalypse” that was slated to dump up to a foot of snow on metro Detroit,…
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners is expected to consider whether to give authority to Chairman Mike Gingell (R-Lake Orion) to appoint an ad hoc committee to investigate “the most…
Legislation that would lower the minimum blood-alcohol limit at which a person operating a watercraft is legally considered intoxicated was recently introduced to the state House of Representatives. The current…
A bill recently introduced in the state House of Representatives calling for a requirement that state-subsidized transit agencies use money from their ridership fees to pay for operating expenses may…
School districts across the state would be required to hold their school board elections during the November general elections under legislation introduced by state Rep. Kurt Heise (R-Plymouth) that is…
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners is still looking for citizens to serve on a board responsible for overseeing the county’s various mental health initiatives. County commissioners are looking for…
Following Gov. Rick Snyder’s call in his State of the State address to base statutory revenue sharing to municipalities more on “best practices” employed by communities, a freshman state senator…
The Michigan Clean Water Corps (MiCorps) will award up to a total of $50,000 this year to fund both the Volunteer Stream Monitoring Grant Program and the Volunteer Stream Monitoring…
Drunken boating standard
A proposal introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives would bring the standard for drunken boating in line with the benchmark for drunken driving on the road. The change, which…
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