In the race for Livonia school board, it’s a campaign sign aimed at other candidates’ signs that is getting the most attention.

Mayor Mike Duggan has named Todd Bettison as his new deputy mayor.

Macomb County Clerk Tony Forlini is hiring a nationally recognized specialist to examine the county's election server.

Why does the mayor of Taylor have unpaid bills to a city-owned golf course?

MACOMB COUNTY, Mich. – Monday marks the first day of a new era in the Macomb County Prosecutor’s Office. Former state Sen. Peter Lucido took over as prosecutor, replacing disgraced prosecutor Eric Smith. READ: New Macomb County prosecutor starts making changes before being sworn inIt was nearly two years ago when Michigan State Police investigators seized computers and banking records as part of its investigation into Smith. Lucido took his oath of office bright and early Monday morning and then the 58 assistant prosecutors who will work for him took theirs. Lucido said he wanted to heal reputational wounds and also remind everyone that it’s the taxpayer they really serve.

MOUNT CLEMENS, Mich. – Newly-elected Macomb county Prosecutor Peter Lucido will officially be sworn in soon, but he’s already getting to work. Lucido ran after former prosecutor Eric Smith resigned after being accused of embezzlement. The changes are made in an effort to repair public trust after the former prosecutor resigned accused of embezzlement and obstruction of justice. Warren police bust drug ring selling cocaine laced with fentanylA big takedown in the fight against the opioid epidemic happened Wednesday in Metro Detroit. They believe the three taken into custody are the leaders of a ring selling cocaine laced with fentanyl that has killed three people in Warren.

LANSING, Mich. – Michigan Rep. Gary Eisen has been removed from his committee assignments for the rest of the term after he made comments during a radio interview on Monday. Whitmer, Secretary Benson, Rep. Johnson and others on the Oversight committee, Republicans, Democrats, and members of the Electoral College. Because of that, Rep. Eisen has been removed from his committee assignments for the rest of the term. Our group, who will also be at the Capitol today to request to be seated as electors, intends to participate in our democracy peacefully. Rep. Gary EisenREAD: Michigan State House and Senate offices close Monday during Electoral College vote

ECORSE, Mich. – The mayor of Ecorse was re-elected this week and he’s already having to fight for his job. During a city council meeting on Wednesday night, one council member called for Mayor Lamar Tidwell to be removed from office. Mayor pro tem Darcel Brown raised two big issues that he said he was made aware of in an affidavit just a month ago. The Ecorse Public Safety Department is under an FBI public corruption probe. The FBI is strongly hinting that criminal charges could come from how Ecorse police officers handled stolen vehicles.

By most accounts, the last presidential debate was an ugly affair -- in which polite discussion was the exception instead of the rule. WATCH LIVE: Trump, Biden in final 2020 presidential debateOn Thursday night, in Nashville, there will be the option of muting the participants' microphones -- but should it really have to come to that? A group of young debaters in Detroit know what it means to have a civil exchange of ideas and on Thursday the showed how it was done. The debate students at Loyola High School in Detroit are preparing to watch the debate. READ: Trump posts unedited ’60 Minutes' interview before it airs -- see it hereWatch the video above for the full report