The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team 2229 posts 224 comments

by Jaime Hope A project promoted by environmental activists to create a railway from Ann Arbor to Traverse City has recently gained $2.3 million in state and federal funds for a phase II feasibility study. An earlier study, conducted in…

by Cathy Antonakos, Ph.D. I am writing to draw attention to the proposed transit corridor (TC1) zoning on Stadium Boulevard. The diagram below left from the City's presentation material on TC1 zoning, depicts TC1 building heights and…

by Jon King Labor disputes at two state universities have resulted in a strike authorization by one union, and a planned vote to seek such an authorization by another. At the University of Michigan’s hospital in Ann Arbor, nurses…

by Jennifer Schutt, Michigan Advance The U.S. Senate is on track to vote on a bill codifying marriage equality as soon this month with negotiators increasingly confident it could become law. Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin…

Students who are Black or from low-income families scored much lower than peers on third-grade test by Tracie Mauriello Researchers found alarming increases in the proportion of Michigan third graders reading significantly below…

by P.D. Lesko 9/8/22: Updated with comments from the Michigan Department of State and Washtenaw County Clerk Larry Kestenbaum. The Michigan Secretary of State's Elections Bureau received a complaint in March 2021 that alleged Ann…

by Kelly House Michigan health officials say the Huron River is now safe for human contact, after state and outside investigations concluded that far less hexavalent chromium entered the waters than originally feared. Just…

Slave labor and dirty environmental practices make green energy far from clean by Jaime Hope, MCC Green energy and climate activists say they support social and environmental justice. But the products they advocate are not compatible…

by Matt Penniman and Nicky Bates, League of Michigan Bicyclists It’s hard to sit with the heaviness that settles in after a tragic event. We feel helpless, like no action we can take will relieve the suffering of those that have…

by Martha Stuit, Pulp When author Angeline Boulley wrote her new young adult novel, Firekeeper’s Daughter, she had a goal for the thriller. She writes about her main character, Daunis Fontaine, in her Author’s Note: …