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Farmington insurance shoppers face higher rates for 2027
Farmington-area residents have until Dec. 15 to select marketplace coverage starting Jan. 1. Michigan’s average individual-plan premium increase is 14.2%, but household costs vary.
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Farmington corridor board tackles investment strategy Nov. 12
Farmington’s corridor authority meets Nov. 12 to consider a capital planning appointment, review investment criteria and approve its proposed 2027 meeting calendar.
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Farmington Hills voters may see new polling locations
Oakland County Clerk Lisa Brown said absentee ballots for the Nov. 3 election will flow as normal after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked a federal mail-ballot rule, but warned Farmington-area voters that many polling locations have changed and a new express lane will debut at early voting sites.
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Farmington Hills council to hear DTE update, data center briefing
The Farmington Hills City Council holds a study session Monday featuring a DTE Energy representative and an educational presentation on data centers, as the city weighs new zoning rules amid regional moratorium debates and repeated outage frustrations.
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Bill would credit Farmington Hills customers for DTE outages
Michigan Senate Democrats introduced six bills that would require utilities to pay customers hourly credits for outages lasting more than 72 hours, a direct response to storms that left Farmington Hills and metro Detroit residents without power for days.
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Farmington reviews scoring tool for Grand River corridor projects
Farmington's Grand River Corridor Improvement Authority meets Sept. 10 to review a draft Investment Scoring Matrix that would grade redevelopment proposals across nine categories before the board decides whether to freeze taxable value on commercial properties along the corridor.
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Zoo, museum millages headline Farmington's Nov. 3 ballot
Oakland County's official proposal list shows Farmington-area voters will decide on a state constitutional convention, a Detroit Zoo millage renewal at 0.10 mill, and a new 0.2 mill historical museum tax on Nov. 3, alongside a utility campaign-finance measure covered separately.
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Farmington library renovation start slips to Sept. 15
The Farmington Community Library expects Phase One construction to begin around Sept. 15, with the board expanding its owner's representative contract to cover potential Phase Two work.
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Oakland County drivers could soon pay per mile
Michigan lawmakers allocated more than $7 million for a mileage-based road tax pilot launching in February 2027 with 1,000 participants, a shift that could reshape how Oakland County and Farmington-area drivers pay for roads.
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Farmington Hills youth panel votes on 2026-27 plan Thursday
The Farmington/Farmington Hills Commission on Children, Youth and Families holds a special meeting Thursday, Sept. 10, to discuss the Upward Mobility Initiative and vote on its 2026-27 Strategic Action Plan.
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MDOT, Oakland County pull back barrels for Labor Day
MDOT will remove lane restrictions on 91 of 156 active road projects statewide from 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, through 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, for Labor Day weekend, though 10 Mile Road in Farmington stays closed for culvert work.
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Public comment opens on Farmington Hills housing fund report
Farmington Hills opened a 15-day public comment period on its draft annual report detailing how the city spent federal Community Development Block Grant funds, with a public meeting and comment deadline set for Friday, Sept. 18, at City Hall.
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Oakland County advances $314K for Farmington Hills roads
An Oakland County committee unanimously advanced $314,160 in Tri-Party Road Improvement Program funds for two Farmington Hills projects, sending them to the full Board of Commissioners for a final vote on Sept. 17.
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10 Mile Road closure outlasts Oakland's Labor Day halt
The Road Commission for Oakland County will suspend most road construction from 3 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4, through 6 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, for Labor Day, but the 10 Mile Road closure between Middlebelt and Inkster for a culvert replacement project will remain in place through the holiday weekend.
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