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U-M Grad Student Instructors on Strike

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 31, 2023
by Jon King Members of the Graduate Employees’ Organization (GEO) AFT Local 3550 went out on strike Wednesday, with economic issues the main point of contention. The union, which is an affiliate of the American Federation of Teachers…
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EMU’s Legacy Theatre Presents “9 to 5: The Musical”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 29, 2023
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According to police records, since late-2021, the Men Like Us club building owned by Ardis Lewis, Jr. has been the site of shootings, assaults, attempted murder and an alleged sexual assault. In Mar. 2022, Lewis applied to the County for a…
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Right to Work Repeal Puts Politics over Michigan’s People

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 20, 2023
by Mark Mix Michigan’s Right to Work law defends the simple principle that union bosses should not have the power to get workers fired if they choose not to pay dues to a union they oppose. So what do Michiganders have to gain if state…
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Poet and Writer Naomi Shihab Nye Set Her Latest Middle-Grade-Fiction Novel, “The Turtle of Michigan,” in Ann Arbor

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 18, 2023
by Jenn McKee Naomi Shihab Nye is best known for her poetry—she was chancellor of the Academy of American Poets from 2010-15, and the Poetry Foundation’s Young People’s Poet Laureate from 2019-21. So perhaps it’s no surprise…
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Michigan Senate Passes Red Flag, Safe Storage Gun Bills

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 17, 2023
by Scott McClallen (The Center Square) –The Michigan Senate passed gun legislation on party lines Thursday. The bill package aims to expand background checks, enact safe storage requirements, and add red flag laws. The bills…
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Ypsilanti Superintendent Says County Contractor Sent Felons to Middle School Without Permission

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 16, 2023
by P.D. Lesko Correction: YCS School Board member Dr. Celeste Hawkins was inadvertently identified as the YCS spokesman who contacted The Ann Arbor Independent on March 14 by phone and spoke on the record. The article has been updated,…
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Whitmer Copies the Failed Corporate Giveaway Initiatives of Her Predecessors

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 15, 2023
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In 2012, Council Decimated the Forestry Dept., Officials Now Ask for “Patience” as Branches Remain Uncleared

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 10, 2023
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Hearing Notice

State of Michigan Probate Court

County of Washtenaw

In the matter of RAFAEL YAHYA. TAKE NOTICE: A hearing will be held on March 17, 2026 at 1:30 p.m. at 101 E. Huron Street 1104, Ann Arbor, MI 48104-1446 before the Honorable Julia B. Owdziej for the following purpose(s): PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE (via Zoom).

Attorney:

Lisa J. Sutton (P63217)

35339 23 Mile Rd., #408

New Baltimore, MI 48047

313-350-8089

Petitioner:

Yvonne Davis/Elite Guardianship, Inc

33300 Warren Rd., Suite 27

Westland, MI 48185

734-237-4108  

Published March 3, 2026

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