11+ hour, 38+ min ago   (669+ words) By Mallory Walligora, For The Oakland Press Virginia Greer has spent 101 years in Oakland County. On Saturday, Sept. 12, family, friends and neighbors gathered at Lakepoint Community Church in Oxford for a going-away party in her honor. Greer is moving to…...

22+ hour, 9+ min ago   (635+ words) How does the public view data centers? Public frustration is rising quickly. A survey conducted by the Annenberg Public Policy Center of the University of Pennsylvania in August found that about 61% of US adults oppose the construction of new data…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (919+ words) By Simon D. Schuster, Bridge Michigan Republican John James is proposing to “repeal or sharply reduce” Michigan’s new 24% wholesale tax on marijuana and courting industry donors as he competes to be Michigan’s next governor. The new tax was a key component…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1058+ words) Congress isn’t quite yet celebrating its 250th anniversary — the House and Senate as they are recognized today first convened in 1789 — but from the start it has provided an enduring, if imperfect, forum in the country’s pursuit of a more perfect union....

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (162+ words) As expected, a Madison Heights man and his girlfriend who beat to death her 6-year-old son are headed to prison for the rest of their lives, as sentenced Wednesday by Oakland County Circuit Judge Michael Warren. A 911 call reporting that…...

5+ day, 15+ hour ago   (321+ words) The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed sanctions on additional elements of Iran’s aviation industry, targeting more than two dozen commercial and private airlines as well as foreign cargo service providers in its new push to isolate Tehran from its remaining…...

6+ day, 16+ hour ago   (917+ words) By Emma Lee, Detroit Writing Room, Planet Detroit Michigan’s school cellphone ban, which takes effect with the new school year, is “going to be a bumpy road in the beginning,” Salem High School English teacher Kelly Giromini predicts. The no-phone…...

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (1095+ words) By Lauren Gibbons, Bridge Michigan As public concern grows around the use of Flock Safety cameras and other automated license plate readers, Michigan political candidates are calling for increased scrutiny and guardrails around the technology. On Wednesday, Democratic gubernatorial nominee…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (611+ words) By Nathaniel Rakich, Votebeat With the high-stakes 2026 midterm election fast approaching, Michigan has conducted an independent review of its voter roll. A report released Friday by the Office of the Auditor General found that the Michigan Department of State generally…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (564+ words) By Katherine Dailey, Michigan Advance In the wake of a deadlocked decision by the Board of State Canvassers that would leave a controversial citizens-only voting measure off the November ballot, state officials have responded to a petition to the U.S. Supreme…...