Absentee ballots are available for Michigan voters who qualify, but votes need to register to vote by early next month to use them.
State review showed that a quarter of applications to third-party website had not been received by the local clerk.
Residents of Farmington, Farmington Hills, West Bloomfield and other area communities invited to sessions on Great Lakes Water Authority.
For qualified drivers, 10 hours of volunteering could take care of certain outstanding citation fees.
The Michigan House of Representatives approved Thursday a non-binding resolution to address the issue.
Approval for the 2014-15 budget went smoothly Thursday. Not so a 3% salary raise for commissioners.
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade said the case against Dr. Farid Fata is the most egregious case of Medicare fraud she’s ever seen.
Former candidate’s lawyer says unusual settlement is “breakthrough” for political candidates who can’t meet “actual malice” threshold.
County crosses $5 million milestone in step forward foreclosure prevention funds. The program continues through 2017.
A new USA Today/Suffolk University poll says U.S. Rep. Gary Peters has a 9-point lead over former secretary of state Terry Lynn Land.
After months of wrangling, a $2 billion accord will provide for system upgrades for the next four decades.
Detroit is so broke that firefighters gin up crude alert systems consisting of coin-filled cans and other noisy contraptions.
Gov. Rick Snyder, then President Barack Obama have to sign off before federal aid can come to southeast Michigan.
Rochester Hills is the latest of several municipalities getting moratoriums on gas and oil exploration as state considers rules.
The Michigan Department of Transportation says multiplefactors contributed to massive freeway funding, but state lacks money to fix them
Biden's remarks kick off parade, which will proceed down Michigan Avenue and then Woodward Avenue to Hart Plaza on the Detroit riverfront.
L. Ron Hubbard’s “non-religious moral code” recommended to help Flint get in touch with past traumas, choose joy over violence.
Judge asked to continue moratorium of shutoffs, but get-tough approach has helped some cities turn deficits into surpluses.
State wants judge to wait until 6th Circuit and other court decisions, attorney says different issues at stake.
As courts settle the legality of same-sex marriage in Michigan, couples like Leslie Thompson and Cindy Norlin are caught in legal limbo.
Climate change has made “100 year floods” the new normal, officials say after devastating 2014 Flood.
A treasury and IBM dispute could cost Michigan over $1 billion plus interest after July 14 ruling.
Many observers think the issue is headed for a showdown before the U.S. Supreme Court – and there’s a surprising development in the GOP.
When orange became cool, the people whose uncool acts landed them in the county clink are relegated back to black and white.
A federal judge said the Farmington Hills rappers and their fans, known as Juggalos, didn’t establish how they have been harmed by the government’s claim that a subset of fans are a hybrid criminal gang.
The mercury was found in a pipe that isn’t used to supply water, but was tested “out of an abundance of caution,” Oakland County Water Resources Commissioner Jim Nash said.
One councilman said he supports on ordinance protecting LGBT citizens form discrimination, but questions whether HIV status should be along them.
Rights to thousands of acres of Oakland County land have been acquired for gas exploration and drilling, including the possible use of “fracking” techniques. Is it a good idea?
A human rights ordinance sailed through the Board of Trustees with only one dissenting vote.
Quarterly meetings may be one solution to fractured relationships between school and city officials.
Potholes are an ongoing issue for Michigan commuters, and the issue is the No. 1 priority for lawmakers before they leave for summer break.
The issue is complicated by Gov. Rick Snyder’s signature on legislation approved Tuesday that Raise Michigan attorney says is “an obvious attempt to undermine the constitutional right of initiative.”
Gov. Rick Snyder is expected to sign legislation approved in the House and Senate that repeals the old minimum wage law and replaces it with a new one, a pre-emptive strike against the Raise Michigan Coalition's ballot initiative.
Christian colleges in Michigan and Iowa are temporarily exempt from an Affordable Act mandate that employee insurance plans cover contraceptives, including “the morning after pill” and other methods college officials found morally objectionable.
With the economic benefits of legalized marijuana working for Colorado, is your state the next in line?
A Farmington Hills couple who were legally married after Michigan's voter-backed ban on same-sex marriage was declared unconstitutional are among the plaintiffs in an ACLU Michigan lawsuit that would require the state to recognize the marriages.
City officials are lukewarm about the proposal. Some think it's a "home run," but others question if its distinctive enough.
The new water tower should be on line by June 1. Public works officials expect it to pay for itself within six years.
President's appearance is "a huge shot in the arm" to the Raise Michigan campaign, says an organizer who's gathering signatures to get a minimum wage increase proposal on the November ballot.
The Safer Michigan Coalition is reportedly hand-picking local leaders to spearhead as many as a dozen community-based campaigns to put pot legalization questions on November ballots.