Dreamers in Limbo
The first day of the new school year at the U-M was a nightmare for undocumented students: it was...
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County Millage
Isn’t mid-August kind of late to start a campaign for a November 7 millage?”Oh, hell, yes,” replies county commissioner Andy LaBarre. “We’ll do the best we can.”The commissioners voted in July...
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Seven to Four
“With me on council, there’s no more supermajority,” Anne Bannister says...
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Sprint for Flint
Since 2009 Braun, aka Mr. B, Ann Arbor’s internationally acclaimed blues and boogie-woogie...
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The End of Independents
“It’ll be better for incumbents,” Jane Lumm says, “and it’ll be more...
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Logjam at Mill Creek
On May 22, Nate Pound’s kayaks capsized. Not his kayak–his kayaks. The Jackson dentist...
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A New School in Dexter?
On August 8, the Dexter Community Schools will ask voters to approve a $71.7 million bond...
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Health Care “Coopetition” in Chelsea
“Health care’s local,” says Nancy Graebner, president and CEO of St. Joseph...
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Life Offline
When Nikki Sunstrum and her husband purchased their home in Dexter Township in January 2014, she...
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See, Click, Fix
Washtenaw County road maintenance issues may now be reported online using the same system the city...
Read MoreSupermajority?
In May, mayor Christopher Taylor and his allies mustered the eight votes needed to sell the air rights over the “library lot” underground parking structure. Yet they insist that they don’t have a supermajority...
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Turning Orange
Celeste Kanpurwala is hoping for a sea of orange T-shirts on the back lawn of Community High...
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High Water
The city’s $38 million storm-water management plan (Inside Ann Arbor, May) reflects the new...
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EPA in the Crosshairs
When he ran for president, Donald Trump vowed to “get rid” of the Environmental...
Read MoreStorm-Water Solutions
City administrator Howard Lazarus’s fiscal 2018 budget calls for an 8.5 percent increase in storm-water fees–$585,000 a year, or $24 annually for the average household. It’s a down payment on implementing the...
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Not Quite a Sanctuary
President Trump’s attempts to keep out refugees and deport undocumented residents keep...
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A Dean Departs
“Can you believe this?” a professor in the School of Music, Theatre and Dance emailed...
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Schools Millage
“It’s a ten-year millage for 2.5 mills,” explains school board president...
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Before Ann Arbor
The University of Michigan is celebrating its bicentennial this year–just eighty years after...
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