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Tecumseh voters will decide if the Tecumseh District Librarys operating millage is renewed at 1.35 mills during a May 2 special election.

HOUGHTON — A mix of millages will go before Copper Country voters during the May 2 election. The only county-wide millage is in Houghton County, which will

HOUGHTON — A mix of millages will go before Copper Country voters during the May 2 election. The only county-wide millage is in Houghton County, which will

Where a complaint was filed challenging the legality of annual charges imposed by the defendant city, a judgment in favor of the city should be affirmed because the charge at issue is a fee, not a tax.

Where a plaintiff property owner brought suit challenging the validity of municipal special assessments, a grant of partial summary disposition in the plaintiff’s favor must be reversed because the trial court erred by determining it had jurisdiction of the plaintiff’s claims that the special assessments amounted to an unconstitutional property tax in violation of the Headlee Amendment.

SHELBY TOWNSHIP/UTICA/STERLING HEIGHTS — The Utica Community Schools Board of Education recently unanimously voted to ask residents to consider a $550 million bond proposal and a non-homestead millage proposal in the May 2 election.

In 2026, voters will be asked again whether there should be a constitutional convention

Where the Michigan Supreme Court has ordered a remand for a determination of whether state funding of public school academies authorized by a school district, an intermediate school district or a community college should be counted as state spending to a unit of local government for purposes of the Headlee Amendment, state funding of PSAs authorized by a school district, an ISD or a community college other than the Bay Mills Community College must be counted as state spending to a unit of local ...

Zeeland Public Schools will ask voters to renew its operating millage and sinking fund during the May 2023 election.

GREATER WEST BLOOMFIELD — Residents in the West Bloomfield Beacon’s coverage area recently cast their votes for local candidates running for elected offices.