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A young woman raised in the North Carolina marshes becomes the subject of investigation after a grisly murder in this film adaptation of Delia Owens’ best-selling novel. Rated PG-13, 2 hours 5 minutes by Lovia Garkye Where the…

by Jeremy Bauer-Wolf Santa Ono, the incoming president of the University of Michigan, would lose his tenured faculty role if the institution fired him for cause, a departure from typical contracts with college chief executives. …

by P.D. Lesko Ward 5 Council member Ali Ramlawi has served since 2018. Ali Ramlawi was elected in 2018 to represent Ward 5 on Ann Arbor City Council. He defeated incumbent Chuck Warpehoski. Ramlawi's campaign website says he's…

by Kyle Davidson, Michigan Advance State officials on Thursday announced that Michigan would join the nation in using a new number, 988, to connect residents experiencing behavioral health crises with resources. In 2020,…

by Mark Susselman, J.D., M.P.H. I am writing this in honor of Dr. Miriam Brysk, who passed away on May 28, 2022, at the age of 87. Miriam was born in Warsaw in 1935. When the Nazis invaded Poland, she and her family escaped to the Lida…

by P.D. Lesko When he ran for City Council in 2008, Christopher Taylor called Ann Arbor's 200 miles of residential streets, 100 miles of major streets, and 14 bridges "a disgrace." According to city pavement ratings from June 2022, 39…

by P.D. Lesko Michigan's legislators are among the highest paid in the nation. Currently, legislators in our state receive a base pay of $79,650, plus another $12,000 annually for expenses. Leadership positions receive added…

by Anna Gustafson About one in five Michiganders infected with coronavirus develop “Long COVID,” and the often debilitating chronic illness that leaves people struggling with fatigue, cardiac issues and breathing problems. And it is…

Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton. Washtenaw County Sheriff Jerry Clayton has endorsed Ann Arbor City Council candidates, as well as County Commissioner Sue Shink, who's in a three-way primary race for a seat in the Michigan…

by Nancy Wayne, Ph.D. As a recently retired reproductive physiology professor and biomedical researcher of more than 25 years, educating the next generation of scientists, physicians and leaders has been my primary focus in higher…