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Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the Healthy Michigan Plan is now providing health care coverage to 1,000,456 million Michiganders, marking the first time more than one million people have opted for affordable and accessible…

Guy Pearce co-stars as an FBI agent in a remake of a Belgian crime thriller involving a child trafficking ring and a hitman struggling with Alzheimer’s. Rated R, 1 hour 54 minutes by Sheri Liden The premise…

by P.D. Lesko Ann Arbor for Public Power appears to be a group of ecologically-minded people sick to death of DTE's "dirty," high-priced services and outage-a-palloozas in Ann Arbor. They want Ann Arbor to replace DTE with a "clean,"…

by Martha Stuit, Pulp Phil Christman takes on the problem of How to Be Normal in his new essay collection by interrogating broad categories of life. Like his earlier book, Midwest Futures, the essays are…

by P.D. Lesko Ann Arbor City Council member Elizabeth Nelson (D-Ward 4) ran as an unknown in 2018 for a four-year term. Nelson is running for re-election in 2022. According to her pre- and post-election campaign finance statements filed…

by Amy Karbo Ypsilanti Township will host the 2022 John E. Lawrence Summer Jazz Concert Series on Friday evenings July 1, 2022 - September 2, 2022 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm at Ford Lake Park (9075 S. Huron River Drive). Parking will be $5…

by Susan J. Demas Ten years ago, I was having a beer with a Michigan GOP consultant who informed me that liberals should stop all the fear-mongering because Republicans would never be dumb enough to outlaw abortion. “If they did…

by Scott McClallen (The Center Square) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that 150 awards were given to 57 local school districts, 14 intermediate school districts, 40 nonpublic schools, and 39 public school academies for $10 million in…

by Scott McClallen (The Center Square) – The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency says it will waive about $431 million it overpaid to more than 55,000 Michiganders in federal pandemic unemployment benefits. About $11 million will…

by P.D. Lesko Library Trustee Dharma Akmon has raised $15,365 for her Ward 4 City Council race, according to public campaign finance records. On April 14, 2022 Akmon Tweeted out a thank you to "***194 individuals***" who have allegedly…