ONE MORE RUN
Is former state Sen. Mike Kowall (R-White Lake) still looking for his final act? Word around both Oakland County and Lansing is that he’s ge


TOWNSHIP TUNES
Now that the general operating millage has passed in Bloomfield Township, Bloomfield Township police officer Tom Smyly is considering his n


REPUBLICAN DESERT
Speaking of Oakland County, tight-lipped Republicans are whispering they’re having a helluva lot of trouble finding candidates to run...
UH OH
The Michigan Democratic Party filed yet another Federal Election Commission (FEC) complaint on March 3 against a dark money group...
COURTROOM SKIRMISH
If suing for breach of contract it would probably make sense to attach said contract in the complaint, right? It appears the political consu


UPWARD TRAJECTORY
Democrat Barb Anness of Rochester Hills, who is running to replace state Rep. Michael Webber (R-Rochester, Rochester Hills, Oakland Township

WRITING ON THE WALL
Republican Michael Goetz of Lake Orion, a 20-year veteran prosecutor who has served in the Oakland prosecutor's office, the Michigan Att


NOW THERE ARE TWO
Birmingham resident Kelly Dillaha (D), who filed last fall to take on Birmingham Republican Chuck Moss for the 12th county commission seat n
RACE FOR SHERIFF
We missed this one in recent weeks when we noted that Democrat and law enforcement veteran Barnett Jones of Lake Orion had announced his run
LAW & ORDER
Speaking of Mike Bouchard, in late February the five-term Oakland County Sheriff was appointed to a new national working group on 'Respe

