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Big Money

Two political veterans could probably ignore their neophyte opponents and still win Ann...

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Road Fix?

Will voters support tax renewals during an economic collapse? That’s the question on the August 4 ballot. The county road and parks commissions are asking residents to renew and restore the half-mill tax for roads and...

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Round One

In deep blue Ann Arbor, the August Democratic primary decides most local offices–even former Republican and independent Jane Lumm is running this year as a Democrat. But elections for judge are different. Three attorneys...

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Covid Costs

“We’ve spent well over six million at this point trying to address the Covid-19 crisis,” says county board of commissioners chair Jason Morgan. “We’re spending money on PPE, on testing and staffing...

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The Helpers, Continued

Washtenaw Intermediate School District’s county-wide donation drive “Safe Schools Washtenaw” is collecting PPE and monetary contributions to help more than 46,000 students and faculty return to in-person...

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A2Zero

The A2Zero plan passed ­unanimously–but only after nixing language that amounted to calling...

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We’ve already started this whole divestment.

A whopping 46 percent of Washtenaw County’s $104 million annual budget is allotted to the sheriff’s department. Amid recent calls to defund the police, sheriff Jerry Clayton provides a closer examination of that...

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Budget Impact

Before the pandemic, Tom Crawford, the city’s chief financial officer and acting administrator, predicted a 3.6 percent increase in recurring general fund revenue and 3.8 percent increase in property taxes in the fiscal...

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Covid-19 SOS

In the past few weeks, Dawn Treader and West Side book shops talked to MLive about how the novel coronavirus is impacting their business, the WSG Gallery became one of several local organizations to close its doors and move...

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Postal Peril

Ann Arbor mail carrier John Odegard started wearing a mask in early April after he heard that a...

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