Detroit and suburban officials last week reached an agreement to change oversight of the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department (DWSD), a pact that could lead to termination of a federal…
The Oakland County Board of Commissioners has voted to give Board Chairman Mike Gingell (R-Lake Orion) the authority to appoint an ad hoc committee to study the county’s 20-year-old ethics…
A wildlife conservation order amendment prohibiting the release of mute swans back into the wild after being removed from the environment was passed by the Natural Resources Commission (NRC) in…
In recent years, cyberbullying has become something that just a few decades ago was unforeseeable. As such, a local lawmaker has reintroduced a pair of bills — with others expected…
Michigan residents can now buy alcohol from certain vendors before noon on Sundays under a new law that has taken effect, but one state lawmaker is looking to give local…
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…
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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