Latest reporting from the Local Government desk.
Local Government
Oakland County commissioners are expected to approve a $1.5 million, two-year contract Thursday to keep the Planned Parenthood health center in Ferndale open, with Birmingham's own commissioner leading the push and Republicans calling it a conflict of interest.
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Beverly Hills property owners are responsible for up to 80% of sidewalk replacement costs under the village's 2026 program, with invoices due Dec. 1 and unpaid balances rolling onto property tax bills at 5% annual interest.
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SEMCOG's online flooding survey closes Tuesday, Aug. 11, giving Birmingham and Bloomfield area residents a final day to share flood experiences that will shape regional infrastructure spending.
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The westbound I-696 exit ramp to Southfield Road closed Friday, Aug. 7, through October — the final ramp closure of MDOT's Restore the Reuther project — leaving Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills commuters with Woodward Avenue and M-10/Lahser/Telegraph as their only westbound exits.
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Bloomfield Township voters approved road and public safety millage renewals by wide margins in the Aug. 4 primary, extending nearly $15 million a year in local funding after the township posted the county's highest early-voting turnout.
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Bloomfield Hills' Planning Commission is studying potential zoning changes along the Woodward Avenue corridor that could open 15 acres of parking lots to new development, with the next meeting set for Tuesday, Aug. 11.
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The Birmingham Community House Foundation board met Tuesday, Aug. 4, for its third session, hearing from City Attorney Mary Kucharek, reviewing building plans from developers Surnow and Denha, and moving to form an executive committee as the newly created nonprofit works to reopen the century-old building the city bought for $5.2 million in July.
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Abdul El-Sayed narrowly defeated Birmingham congresswoman Haley Stevens in Michigan's Democratic Senate primary, setting up a Tuesday, Nov. 3 general election against Republican Mike Rogers of White Lake Township for the seat being vacated by retiring Sen. Gary Peters of Bloomfield Township.
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Bloomfield Township state Sen. Jeremy Moss won the Democratic primary for Michigan's 11th Congressional District on Aug. 4, collecting 49% of the vote and setting up a heavily favored November matchup against Troy Mayor Ethan Baker.
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Birmingham and Bloomfield area voters head to the polls today, Tuesday, Aug. 4, for primary elections covering governor, U.S. Senate, Congress, state Legislature, and local millages.
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Bloomfield Hills and Bloomfield Township voters go to the polls Tuesday, Aug. 4, with an Oakland Schools enhancement millage, two township millage renewals worth nearly $15 million annually, and competitive primaries for governor and U.S. Senate all on the ballot.
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Bloomfield Township leads Oakland County in pre-Election Day turnout at 26.3% ahead of Tuesday's vote on a 1.5-mill school enhancement millage that would deliver $781 per student annually to Birmingham and Bloomfield Hills schools.
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