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On May 2 a rare 4.2 earthquake hit Western Michigan and shook Ann Arbor, devastating no one. Eight days earlier, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake hit Nepal, killing as many was 15,000 people, injuring over 12,000 more and leaving 16,000 schools…

ANN ARBOR IS one of 38 municipalities in Michigan whose locally-elected officials have passed non-discrimination ordinances. Republican Rep. Earl Poleski is peddling House Bill 4052, the “Local Government Employer Mandate Prohibition Act,”…

by Christian Usera “IT ALL STARTED with an oatmeal stout,” said Jason Tomalia recalling his days as an undergraduate at Gustavus College in Saint Peters, Minnesota.  “I got really interested in craft beers and eventually wanted to get…

Want to avoid black people in Washtenaw County? There’s an app for that now. by Ryan Hunter WANT TO FIND the nearest Whole Foods? There’s an app for that. Want to know when your favorite movie is playing next? There’s an app for that.…

THERE IS NO ambiguity concerning the end date of the AAPS teachers’ contract: 2016. The Board of Education members and the Superintendent want the teachers to come to the bargaining table based on a June 20, 2014 agreement that called for…

BETWEEN MAY 4-May 11, there were 81 crimes reported by the AAPD, down from 107 crimes reported the previous week. Since Jan. 1, 2015, the AAPD has reported 1,549 crimes, total. Last week, there were 17 vehicle break-ins, three in a single…

by P.D. Lesko Circuit Court Refuses to Dismiss Pro Se Plaintiff’s Complaints To download Judge Carol Kuhnke's April 2, 2015 Opinion in PDF format, click here. ACCORDING TO HIS bio., local attorney Jerry Lax is currently in his…

ON NOV. 10, 2014 Aura Rosser, a local African American artist and mother of three, was shot and killed by AAPD. Her death, and the nation-wide pattern of state violence directed at Black Americans, continues to push our group, Ann Arbor to…

Asst. City Attorney Says Postema’s Office “Represents” Detroit City Employee Ann Arbor Public Services Administrator Sue McCormick left in 2011 to head the Detroit Water and Sewerage Dept. In a March 2015 email regarding depositions in…

by P.D. Lesko A PENDING LAWSUIT against Ann Arbor for its Footing Drain Disconnect program begun in 2001 has the potential to cost taxpayers tens if not hundreds of millions in damages. Ann Arbor’s City Attorney once predicted the suit…