Tax Retreats
In January both the city and the county looked at asking voters to approve new millages. Following...
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News
Crawford Out
“This was a tough decision because we all liked Mr. Crawford,” says Ward 5...
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Fatal Fungus
Frei, a forest health specialist with the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, describes it...
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Farmland Funds
Nine Southeast Michigan land conservancies won the funds through the Lake Erie Conservation...
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No Magic Shot
Michigan’s Covid-19 vaccine lottery wasn’t a shot in the arm for the state’s...
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Rebuilding the MRF
When it opened in 1995, Ann Arbor’s Materials Recovery Facility put the city on the leading...
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ADUs Unbound
Other cities and states have long permitted ADUs–small units attached or adjacent to...
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Fewer Cops
The new city budget eliminates seven positions in the police department. Is Ann Arbor defunding...
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Cutting the U-M?
In May, the Michigan House Appropriations Committee advanced a bill that would radically change...
Read MoreVeridian, At Last?
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...
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The Water Lawsuit
Can Ann Arbor raise water rates now to pay for a new treatment plant it hasn’t started...
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Convalescent Plasma
Durand, who co-owns the Mix ladies’ boutiques in Nickels Arcade and Ypsilanti, says she...
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Phantom Assaults
“I got a call today from an irate citizen talking about the three sexual assaults in one...
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Covid, Again
Markel, who has been researching pandemics for decades, says he’s had an...
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The Last High-Rises?
Ann Arbor’s profile has risen dramatically in the past twenty years. As the U-M added 10,000...
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Tipping Point
Jonathan Overpeck saw the climate catastrophe coming. “I started out as a climate...
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Short-term Rental
On a Friday in March, cars with out-of-state plates lined Covington Dr. as people set up lights...
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Back to School II
At the end of an emotional five-and-a-half-hour meeting in February, the Ann Arbor Board of...
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Elections Have Consequences
Last November’s election of five new members profoundly transformed city council. In place...
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The Pandemic Year
Michigan reported its first case of Covid-19 on March 10, 2020. News of the first infection in...
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