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Watery Washtenaw

Oct 1, 2021 | Community, Environment, Government |

“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...

Healthy Streets

Sep 17, 2021 | News |

There may be 100,000 people cramming into Michigan Stadium’s bleachers each Saturday, but...

A Rising Tide of Homicides

Aug 30, 2021 | Featured, News |

The July killing of John Myrick IV at the State Street Village Apartments was the third homicide...

Back to School 2021

Aug 20, 2021 | Featured, News |

“I am confident that it’s going to work.””On August 30th, you’ll...

Tax Retreats

Aug 19, 2021 | News |

In January both the city and the county looked at asking voters to approve new millages. Following...

Crawford Out

Aug 18, 2021 | News |

“This was a tough decision because we all liked Mr. Crawford,” says Ward 5...

Fatal Fungus

Aug 18, 2021 | Environment, News |

Frei, a forest health specialist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, describes it...

Farmland Funds

Aug 7, 2021 | Community, Environment, Government |

Nine Southeast Michigan land conservancies won the funds through the Lake Erie Conservation...

No Magic Shot

Aug 1, 2021 | News |

Michigan’s Covid-19 vaccine lottery wasn’t a shot in the arm for the state’s...

Rebuilding the MRF

Jul 30, 2021 | Featured, News |

When it opened in 1995, Ann Arbor’s Materials Recovery Facility put the city on the leading...

ADUs Unbound

Jul 13, 2021 | News |

Other cities and states have long permitted ADUs–small units attached or adjacent to...

Fewer Cops

Jul 1, 2021 | News |

The new city budget eliminates seven positions in the police department. Is Ann Arbor defunding...

Cutting the U-M?

Jun 3, 2021 | News |

In May, the Michigan House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that would radically change...

Veridian, At Last?

Jun 1, 2021 | Business, Environment, Government, Real Estate |

Grocoff is the lawyer-turned-environmental evangelist behind Veridian at County Farm Park, a 110-unit development that the city approved last year for the former county juvenile justice center on Platt Rd. Based on the Latin...