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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…

by Laina Stebbens, Michigan Advance A key civil rights bill on Wednesday cleared the Michigan Senate, marking a key step toward solidifying protections for LGBTQ+ Michiganders that advocates have been waiting for decades to see adopted.…

by Lily Zhao and Matthew Brennan Over 2,000 graduate student workers at the University of Michigan have been negotiating for a new three-year contract since November 2022. Their current contract expires on May 1. On Tuesday, an…

Superintendent Jeanice Swift disputes value of the term “learning loss,” admits COVID affected “trajectory of growth” by Jaime A. Hope The superintendent of Ann Arbor Public Schools says students who were locked out of classrooms for…

by P.D. Lesko As of Feb. 28, DTE's outage map showed that 5.24 percent of its customers in Washtenaw County--some 8,836 customers--are still without power as a result of a record-breaking Feb. 22 ice storm that knocked out power to over…

Note: These videos contain profanity, marijuana use and may not be suitable for children. The Ann Arbor Independent's "Urban Exile" columnist Shannon McFall lives in Pittsfield Township and vlogs about race, local, county and national…

Note: Updated on Feb. 24 with a statement from City Administrator Milton Dohoney. by P.D. Lesko According to an email Ann Arbor Council member Lisa Disch (D-Ward 1) sent Feb. 23, two-third of Ann Arbor residents were without power…