The Macomb County Board of Commissioners voted to override four vetoes and “budget administration notices” for the 2024 budget by County Executive Mark Hackel, including one that involves an ongoing legal dispute over the commission’s access to financial data. The full board voted 12-1 at its meeting Thursday to override Hackel’s vetoes of two spending […]
A 30-year-old Harrison Township man will serve 8-1/2 months in jail for abusing his baby son, a case that has drawn criticism that the defendant received special treatment. Collin Quint was ordered to report to the Macomb County Jail on Friday by Judge Richard Caretti at Thursday’s hearing in Macomb Circuit Court. Caretti also sentenced […]
The county Board of Commissioners’ Finance, Budget and Audit Committee conducted its annual meeting to add or subtract expenditures from the proposed $322-million 2024 budget proposed by County Executive Mark Hackel before final approval of the $1.1 total billion budget next Monday.