A2SO Link Up
The local orchestra program broadens young people’s horizons—and has a broader reach than just Ann Arbor.
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Queens of the Monarchs
How two friends, and their families, are doing their part to support pollinators.
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Enter the Arena
Ann Arbor bleeds maize and blue year-round, but when college football goes mum in the spring, the Michigan Raptors hope to fill the void.
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Iced Out
Michigan is a top producer of DI women’s hockey talent. They can’t play at U-M.
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Tax Imbalance
A new U-M study highlights inequity in metropolitan tax bases. How does Ann Arbor stack up?
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Mom Bosses of Ann Arbor
Powered by a collaborative spirit and inspired by their journey as mothers, these moms are reshaping the local business landscape.
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Out of Class
Huron has one of Michigan’s highest chronic absenteeism rates: 68.6 percent of its students in the 2024–25 school year—more than two-thirds—missed at least 10 percent, or eighteen days, of class. Ann Arbor Public Schools’ other two traditional high schools aren’t much better: Pioneer’s rate was 63.7 percent, and Skyline’s was 61.6 percent. (Chronic absenteeism rates include excused and unexcused absences, but neither AAPS nor the state collects data on how many of each are occurring.)
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State Budget Slashes Great Start Collaboratives
Washtenaw County will continue to offer services, but others weren’t so lucky.
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April the Cruelest Month?
Students at U-M Law School’s Civil-Criminal Litigation Clinic are campaigning on behalf of Saline resident Changming Fan, who has been ordered to scale back his community garden.
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Innovation District?
One mysterious February morning, three modern, minimalist signs appeared on Plymouth and Traverwood roads: “ANN ARBOR INNOVATION DISTRICT” in clean white letters against gunmetal gray, along with a sciency, symmetrical symbol in simple blue.
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Data Center Traffic
Opponents of the Oracle data center in Saline Township had a laundry list of objections—electricity rate hikes, water consumption, the spoiling of the landscape. But for the moment, the biggest concern is truck traffic.
Read MoreLetter to the Editor: Teacher Contracts
I am writing as a concerned Ann Arbor community member and AAPS parent regarding the ongoing stalemate in contract negotiations with our teachers. The continued inability to reach an agreement that fairly compensates the educators who serve our students is deeply troubling.
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Changing the Station
WEMU’s music director Michael Jewett and news director David Fair will retire in June.
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A2Zero, Six Years In
“The system is the problem,” says Missy Stults, director of the Office of Sustainability and Innovations (OSI), which is why A2Zero focuses on institutionalizing change. Unwinding entrenched policies that have shaped development patterns and limited community choices for decades takes time—so why did A2Zero set a ten-year timeline? Stults insists that the plan’s ambitious pacing was necessary to maintain a sense of urgency about climate impacts.
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New Era Contenders
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind for the new-look U-M men’s basketball team this season.
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When Home Isn’t There
A recent report by the Washtenaw County Continuum of Care (CoC), a major player working to coordinate local efforts to end homelessness, paints an urgent picture: as of December 2025, at least 842 people in the county are experiencing homelessness—a 42 percent increase since 2024.
Read MoreWater From a Stone
Uncontracted for the first time since 1994, AAPS teachers are now “working to rule,” effectively only doing what is specifically articulated in the expired contract.
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What’s In a Name?
Visit U-M’s campus, and you’re bound to notice names on buildings and signs labeling this or that center or institute. U-M also has hundreds of named professorships. But what does it take to get that distinction?
Read MoreRethinking Waste
Two U-M spinouts are taking the adage “waste not, want not” very seriously.
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Menopause Matters
Menopause and the menopause transition “remains one of the most overlooked and underserved areas in medicine,” according to the Menopause Society, a nonprofit focused on educating health care professionals.
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