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by Mel Gurtov The Trump tariff shock is going to take a bit of time to sink in, though stock markets worldwide have already sunk. Altogether, 60 countries have been slapped with at least 10 percent tariffs; those with large trade…

4/8/25: Updated with a comment from Sheriff Alyshia Dyer. by P.D. Lesko Sheriff Alyshia Dyer appointed Jeremiah Richardson as her Dept.'s HR and training manager. Richardson and Dyer were romantic partners, as well as patrol…

Alan Haber serves on the Ann Arbor Community Commons Initiating Committee, AnnArborCommunityCommons.org by Alan Haber While they brought it forward with smiles and promises of a new jewel in the Center of the City, this new Library…

by P.D. Lesko The U.S. Department of Education has launched investigations into 52 universities in 41 states, accusing the schools of using "racial preferences and stereotypes in education programs and activities." The University…

As a precautionary measure, at 9:30 a.m. on March 17, 2025 the City of Ann Arbor issued a boil water advisory until further notice for the area north of Plymouth Road from Traver Road to US-23 due to two water main breaks that occurred…

by Jen Metes Let’s talk about what’s happening to the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). This isn’t some distant issue; it’s a direct hit to our community, our jobs, and our values. USAID has been more than…

by Bob Topper Civilization’s progress since the Age of Reason, the mid-seventeenth century, has been astonishing. We can travel to the moon and back in less time than it took for the pilgrims to cross the Atlantic. And with the Webb…

by P.D. Lesko Billy Cole, President and CEO of non-profit Supreme Felons, Inc. doesn't want to talk about the rising crimes rates in the areas where his neighborhood watch teams patrol. He doesn't want to talk about the fact that in…

by P.D. Lesko On March 10, 2025, the U.S. Dept. of Education's Office of Civil Rights sent letters to sixty colleges and universities in the United States in which the institutions' leaders were warned of potential enforcement actions…

by Anna Liz Nichols More than a dozen Republican lawmakers in Michigan have signed onto a bill to bar physicians from performing gender-affirming care for transitioning minor patients. This effort follows multiple executive orders…