Pickleball Power
The paddle squarely connects with the neon orange ball, sending it sailing over the net. “That’s...
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Building at Last
“There had been a few different times where it was under contract but then fell through for one...
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A Beautiful Day for a Bike Ride
Ed Erickson’s profile on the Strava fitness app is a love letter to cycling. He posted road-bike...
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Everybody Loves Milton
An administrator hired on an eleven-month contract after two predecessors were forced out could be...
Read MoreQuestion Corner | September 2022
Q. Why does campus have a Diag? Was it planned from the start? A. An 1854 map of campus shows a dozen university buildings placed on the edges of the campus, but no Diag. The pastoral campus interior was without trees, allowing...
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Football Renaissance
Michigan’s home-stretch failure in 2019 and complete flameout in Covid-riddled 2020 led most...
Read MoreAbortion Refugees
With 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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Three and Out
When Cox started here in September 2019, he was Ann Arbor’s fifth police chief in ten years. He...
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Eleven-Zip
Taylor and candidates he endorsed won all six nominations, defeating two opposition incumbents in...
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Veggies Against Global Warming
A weeklong “plant-based challenge” this month will urge Ann Arborites to shrink their greenhouse...
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Clerks’ Quandary
In 2018, the voter initiative that ended partisan gerrymandering also allowed any Michigan...
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Dems Eye Lansing
Republicans have controlled Michigan’s State Senate since 1984. Local Democrats think that could...
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Transit’s Big Win
With the pandemic still simmering, it was a bold move by the Ann Arbor Area Transportation...
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The U-M Dental Clinic
In 2003, when my husband started freelancing, we lost our dental insurance. So we tried the U-M...
Read MoreQuestion Corner, August 2022
Q. Can you explain Michigan’s rules for ordering wine shipments? A. Michigan’s laws governing alcohol sales are labyrinthine. When the 21st Amendment ended Prohibition in 1933, the state set up a three-tier regulatory system: a...
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Citizen Scientists
At Greenview Nature Area, it could be a Peck’s skipper, one of more than fifty-two butterfly and...
Read MoreLong Covid
It’s called “Long Covid,” and Smith is a member of a particularly susceptible population. In a new U-M study, one in four women reported symptoms lasting more than ninety days, compared to one in six men. “I didn’t need to be...
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The Social Services Shake-Up
“I cannot imagine telling another young person to sleep outside,” Ozone House executive director...
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Marijuana Money
Being the dope capital of the Midwest finally pays off—in tax dollars. Of the state’s $150 million...
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