Northville Politics & Civic News
Covering Northville City Council, Wayne County Council, MI General Assembly, and your federal representatives in Washington, D.C. Accountability journalism for Wayne County residents.
Wayne County sits inside one of the most layered governmental structures in the region. Residents answer to at least five levels of elected authority simultaneously: the federal government, statewide offices, Wayne County Council, Northville City Council, and school district boards — each a separately elected body covering its own geographic slice of the county.
Wayne’s federal, state, and local representation is currently being updated. Check the Your Northville Reps section below for the live roster.
Wayne County Council controls property tax millage, land-use zoning outside city limits, and fee-in-lieu-of-tax agreements. Downtown zoning decisions and the Northville Police Department budget run through Northville City Council. State funding for schools, roads, and Medicaid flows from the MI General Assembly. The Wayne County Elections and Voter Registration Office administers local balloting under MI Election Commission oversight.
HERENorthville covers Wayne County Council meetings, Northville City Council sessions, MI General Assembly session, federal delegation votes and town halls, school board meetings, and candidate filing windows. We also pull FOIA-sourced travel records and contracts at both the city and county level. If it shapes how Wayne County is governed, it’s HERE.
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Attorney General $1,044,000 R Statewide SC Ethics
Lt. Governor $1,025,000 R Statewide SC Ethics
US Rep, District 2 $612,000 R Includes Northville FEC
State Senator, District 24 $184,500 R Northville County SC Ethics
State Senator, District 25 · Senate Majority Leader $245,800 R Northville County SC Ethics
State Rep, District 82 $72,300 D Northville County SC Ethics
Your Northville Reps
Every official with a vote on Northville's future — pulled live from our roster.