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Taming Woodward

For decades, municipalities from Pontiac to Detroit lamented both the state control and the speed of traffic on Woodward. Officials contend that Woodward Avenue bisects their towns and cuts one half off from the other. Whether it's called a "road diet" or a "lane reduction," municipal officials are calling for fewer lanes for high-speed automobiles and a lane or two devoted to slower traffic and bicycles.

From The Publisher

Birmingham is facing a conundrum – how to proactively protect the community from outside sources who may want to put multiple cannabis dispensaries in the city yet in writing an ordinance avoid getting tied up in court. Then there are the prohibitionists who want to ban them entirely.

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Crime Locator

A recap of select categories of crime occurring in the past month in Birmingham, Bloomfield Township and Bloomfield Hills, presented in map format.

Oakland Confidential

Michigan Democratic control of House threatened; state GOP debate gets physical; no room for anyone but Christians, party lawyer says; failed sniff test for AG Nessel; Donni Steele and DeSantis; a new political party.