Blog tagged as Local Government

Before misdemeanor trials, some residents could be enrolled in mental illness treatment programs and possibly have charges dismissed, under jail diversion bills the Senate unanimously approved Wednesday.

Roughly 160 city-run ambulance services would see as much as $70 million in federal dollars for transporting Medicare and Medicaid patients under a program a House committee last week supported having Michigan join.

Michigan lawmakers have asked the Department of Natural Resources (DNR) for a review of a decision to euthanize a beloved elk in Rogers City.

The clerk of tiny Rock River Township in Alger County was stripped of his ability to conduct the election next week after he and his deputy clerk announced their plans to hand-count ballots.

County, township and city ballot proposals in Michigan are reporting 382 money-related measures on local ballots on Nov. 5, making up nearly $2 billion in requested revenue.