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by P.D. Lesko As the saying goes: One hand washes the other. In the case of County Administrator Greg Dill and the Washtenaw County Commissioners, they have worked together to more than double their own pay since Dill was hired in 2016.…

by P.D. Lesko In July 2022, Derrick Jackson celebrated the County Commissioners' award of $1.2 million in public money to non-profit Supreme Felons, Inc. According to documents, emails and text messages shared with A2Indy, the…

by Davi Napoleon, Pulp Billed as “a serious comedy about sex, drugs, and rocking chairs,” Paul Stroili’s Jukebox for the Algonquin takes place at Placid Pines, a senior living community in the Adirondack region of New York, circa 2003. …

by Miguel Leyva Since the mid-20th century, the U.S. Military's haphazard use and disposal of dangerous chemicals have irremediably impacted the lives of countless troops and civilians who were none the wiser to the toxins they were…

by P.D. Lesko Court records show that in Mar. 2023, 14A District Court Magistrate Elisha V. Fink issued a bench warrant for Tamar L.L. Young. Young had been charged with a felony weapons crime in Aug. 2022. On June 29, 2023, 19-year-old…

Firefighter Tim Rugg protested Gov. Whitmer’s ban on large gatherings and was disciplined; Ann Arbor's mayor joined a big ‘Black Lives Matter’ rally just a month later. by Jaime A. Hope On Dec. 19, 2022, four Ann Arbor city employees…

Updated 7/1/23: The name of the alleged shooter was added. by P.D. Lesko County Prosecutor Eli Savit has charged 16-year-old Kendall Newbern with open murder in connection with the death of an 18-year-old man on June 21. When…

by P.D. Lesko On June 29, the Washtenaw County Sheriff posted this to their Facebook page: SUSPECT OF QUADRUPLE SHOOTING APPREHENDED! Just before 5:00pm today, the U.S. Marshal's Detroit Fugitive Apprehension Team was able to…

Rep. Debbie Dingell held a townhall to discuss clean up of the spreading 1,4 Dioxane plume.

6/30/23: Updated with the names of the victims by Bryce Whitney Two people have died and two more remain in the hospital after a shooting in Ypsilanti Township. Police say around 6:30 p.m. Monday night four people were shot at the…