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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…

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…

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…

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,…

by Jaime A. Hope From green energy to college credits, Whitmer plays the classics from the Snyder and Granholm eras Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has a habit of repeating some actions of her immediate predecessors, despite their problems. …

The City of Ann Arbor has contracted Davey Tree Expert Company to augment city staff efforts to pick up branches from the recent ice and snow storms. Streets, sidewalks, trash collection, trees in the right-of-way, water and sewers are all…

by P.D. Lesko Ann Arbor recently applied for and was awarded Gold-level status by the League of American Bicyclists. Cities self-report bicycling infrastructure (i.e. whether bike lanes are cleaned and plowed) in an application for…

Correction: Jennifer Goulet did not found the WonderFool Productions. She was the organization's Executive Director. by Stephanie McIntyre The foolish fun kicks off with a “Month of Making” – March is full of workshops and…

Note: According to a Feb. 27 article in MLive.com, "Senate Bill 35 introduced in January would delete the asset testing requirement used by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) to determine eligibility for the…

After ice storms and thundersnow cause mass outages, DTE must admit: Burying power lines underground is the answer By James David Dickenson DTE will never trim enough trees to avoid mass power outages in Southeast Michigan. Every…