Question Corner: June 2022
Q: Craning our necks as we passed the corner of Huron and Fourth Ave. the other day, my spouse and...
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Government
Prisoner of Putin
Trevor Reed, a former Marine and prisoner held in Russia, like their son, Paul, walked off a plane...
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Abortion after Roe
Briere, now retired to California, is speaking of the leaked U.S. Supreme Court draft opinion that...
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The MRF Reboot
Ann Arbor’s Material Recovery Facility is a lot cleaner than the last time I saw it. Back then, a...
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More Trouble in Scio
At the end of last year, the township faced a lawsuit and Hathaway faced a recall drive (“Trouble...
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More Emergency Numbers
“I think it’s really confusing,” says Trish Cortes, the county’s executive director of Community...
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Strivers vs. Protectors
“It’s been topsy-turvy the last couple elections,” says Ali Ramlawi, the Fifth Ward councilmember...
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What’s Next for AAATA?
Last September, “I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel,” says Ann...
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Making Room for Everyone
Cliff Sheldon recalls that when he served on Ann Arbor’s city council from 1978 to 1982,...
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Safety-Net Ambulance
HVA saw its staffing fall more than 20 percent during the pandemic (“Paramedics...
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Imagining an Unarmed Emergency Response
Last April, city council voted unanimously to develop an unarmed safety response program. Mayor...
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Dingell’s Moving
When Michigan’s new nonpartisan redistricting commission redrew the state’s electoral...
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Trouble in Scio Township
Scio Township differs from Ann Arbor in many ways. It’s less populous, with just over 20,000...
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Amazon in Pittsfield
For decades, developers have eyed a sixty-acre site on Carpenter Rd. in Pittsfield–one of...
Read MoreGelman Plume Moves East?
Q. Why does the Gelman Plume move steadily eastward? I would expect a liquid to disperse in all directions.A. Ann Arbor water treatment plant manager Brian Steglitz explains: “Just like a river, groundwater has a gradient...
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American Rescue Plan
“We call it the Washtenaw County Rescue Plan,” laughs county board chair Sue Shink....
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Charter Changes
The more than 18,000 Ann Arborites who voted in November overwhelmingly approved four amendments...
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Sustainable Energy Utility
When world leaders met in Glasgow in early November to grapple with the accelerating climate...
Read MoreWatery Washtenaw
“When I drive around, all I see is what used to be here,” says Washtenaw County water resources commissioner Evan Pratt. What used to be here were swamps. The landscape was so wet that during the first wave of...
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Farmland Funds
Nine Southeast Michigan land conservancies won the funds through the Lake Erie Conservation...
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