It's not often that the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and conservative Republican members of the state legislature agree on the...

Residents in Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills are being asked to choose among a large field of candidates to fill seats on their city...

A recent survey of Oakland County municipal governments found that nearly 30 percent of elected municipal officials use private e-mail...

By definition, a city or municipal charter is a legal document establishing a municipality, and it determines the laws by which the city...

We want readers to know in advance that what you are about to read has been under discussion for months in the offices of Downtown...

Cooperation across the region is usually something we applaud. However, the recent news that the Great Lakes Water Authority had signed a...

Michigan's medical marijuana business is growing like a weed, one which local municipalities would be wise to get under some form of...

Birmingham is enjoying a problem many other communities would love to have – an extreme shortage of parking caused by nearly full...

For the last couple of years, the city of Birmingham, businesses and many residents having been weighing in on a proposal to possibly...

Michigan lawmakers failed last year to pass a bill to adequately fund the state's crumbling roads and decided to forego their duty and...