The EV Pioneers
Last year, California announced that it will ban the sale of new vehicles powered by internal...
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News
Ballot Proposals
There are candidates on the ballot in Chelsea, Milan, and Saline, and Pittsfield Township is trying again to pass a public safety millage (see Up Front, p. 11). Ann Arbor’s issues are at least as weighty but more complex:...
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Pittsfield Replay
In May, Pittsfield voters turned down a renewal and increase in the township’s public safety...
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Schlissel’s Deadline
“Everybody was surprised” at the announcement, says a veteran professor—who, like many...
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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Healthy Streets
There may be 100,000 people cramming into Michigan Stadium’s bleachers each Saturday, but...
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A Rising Tide of Homicides
The July killing of John Myrick IV at the State Street Village Apartments was the third homicide...
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Back to School 2021
“I am confident that it’s going to work.””On August 30th, you’ll...
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Tax Retreats
In January both the city and the county looked at asking voters to approve new millages. Following...
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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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