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by Rep. Debbie Dingell It’s been quite a busy few days as we have witnessed the peaceful and calm transition of government between Administrations. As the Biden Administration ended and the Trump Administration began, there has been a…

by P.D. Lesko On Jan. 24, 2025, Washtenaw County Circuit Court Judge Julia B. Owdziej ordered portions of the background check done by the Washtenaw County Sheriff's Special Investigations Unit on Sheriff's Deputy D'Angelo McWilliams…

by Ann Mullen The ACLU of Michigan and the national ACLU filed a federal lawsuit on Jan. 22 to force U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and the Michigan county jails it contracts with, to release records about detained…

by P.D. Lesko In October 2024, Michigan had a foreclosure rate of one in every 3,918 housing units. The counties with the highest foreclosure activity were Wayne, Oakland, Macomb, Genesee, and Kent. In 2024, Washtenaw County's Treasurer…

By Martha Stuit Who killed Michael Porter in the pantry with a candlestick during the preview party for the annual house and garden tour? This question sets the scene for the cozy mystery novel Murder at Twin Beeches by Ann…

by Ari LeVaux Plov is a hearty and meaty rice-based meal from Central Asia. The dish is widely considered the progenitor of rice pilaf and a cousin to paella. Native to present-day Uzbekistan, plov has spread throughout the former…

by Dennis Harvey MPA Rating: R. Running time: 99 MIN. Ambition outstrips expertise in writer-director Phil Blattenberger’s “Laws of Man,” whose serpentine plot winds up seeming a wild goose chase — one whose execution should have…

by P.D. Lesko Download and read the October 10, 2024 settlement agreement between former Council member Zachary Ackerman and the City of Ann Arbor. Ackerman SettlementDownload MLive first reported that former Ann Arbor City…

by P.D. Lesko Download and read the State's Cease and Desist letter: CD_Service_Packet_-_Jackson__Derrick_-_68-24-002509Download On Sept. 9, 2024, the State of Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs Bureau of…

by Irv Karwick 83 percent of Americans agree! Can you imagine that there would be anything that 83 percent of Americans, of all political persuasions, would agree upon? Well, it is true and is confirmed from sources such as…