Birmingham and Rochester, the two downtown cities we actively cover and write about each month, at first glance appear to be very...

Parents and some legislators up in arms about the Michigan Board of Education's proposed policy recommendations for how local districts...

The Birmingham bistro ordinance, created and implemented in 2007 as an economic catalyst to the city, has been, by all accounts, a huge...

Once again, the Michigan legislature has shown its disposition for inaction won't be changed by mere public opinion or urgings by the...

The bi-monthly board of trustees meetings in Bloomfield Township have become a sideshow of personal animosity, pandering to special...

Citizens run to be representatives of their local municipal governments for many reasons, chief amongst them the personal belief that...

Baldwin Public Library in Birmingham, the building for which is owned by the city, recently received unanimous approval from the city...

Aging infrastructure is the bane of most Michigan municipalities, suffering with broken water mains, corroded sewers, and crumbling,...

We called five months ago for Bloomfield Township Treasurer Dan Devine to step down from his position in hopes of putting an end to a...

A majority of local public and private schools we spoke with while writing a story for this issue on the safety of crumb rubber...