Q: The federal government recently provided funding to plug “orphan” oil and gas wells to prevent groundwater pollution. Are there any near Ann Arbor? A: A well is considered an “orphan” if it is inactive, unplugged, and...
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“What we’re working on, I swear you can’t make this up, is a ban on the ban on the ban,” says...
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David’s twin brother, Paul, was arrested in Moscow in December 2018, on what his family and the...
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For twenty-seven years, Kerr’s work was attracting meetings and tourists to Washtenaw County. An...
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After sorting through thirteen candidates, voters last month returned twenty-year vet Susan...
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Q. What will the City of Ann Arbor do if the “Gelman Plume” contaminates Barton Pond? Is there an alternative source of water? A. This fiscal year the city will install two “sentinel wells” to watch for the plume approaching...
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Interviewed two weeks before the election, “the mob mentality” topped Debbie Dingell’s list of...
Read More“It’s a beautiful day,” says Ann Arbor state senator Jeff Irwin two days after Michigan Democrats won the executive, legislative, and judicial state elections on November 8. “We have a whole new set of opportunities to make our...
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Since June, the Ann Arbor Fire Department has used a borrowed Huron Valley Ambulance to transport...
Read MoreQ: The roads and streets in Ann Arbor are terrible. They cause much damage to cars, trucks, and bikes in many ways. Why is it that nothing is done each and every year to “fix the damn roads?” A: City public works spokesperson...
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“You’re automatically registered to vote when you turn eighteen in Canada,” the longtime social...
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Christopher Becker was biking home from his job at the Ann Arbor District Library on August 24,...
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Engelbert, who owns the Detroit Street Filling Station, says she got a letter from the Downtown...
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Control of city council was effectively decided in August, when candidates supported by mayor...
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An administrator hired on an eleven-month contract after two predecessors were forced out could be...
Read MoreWith the Supreme Court’s June reversal of Roe v. Wade, the decision that legalized abortion nationwide, existing state bans and restrictions went back into effect. Though Michigan, too, has an abortion ban on the books, courts...
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When Cox started here in September 2019, he was Ann Arbor’s fifth police chief in ten years. He...
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Taylor and candidates he endorsed won all six nominations, defeating two opposition incumbents in...
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In 2018, the voter initiative that ended partisan gerrymandering also allowed any Michigan...
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Republicans have controlled Michigan’s State Senate since 1984. Local Democrats think that could...
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