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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…

by James David Dickson Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel has raised the stakes in the debate on drag shows for children. In June, when GOP gubernatorial candidate Tudor Dixon promised to enact "severe criminal penalties…

by Allison R. Donohue, Michigan Advance During the first session since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, House Democrats attempted Thursday night to bring bills to the floor for a roll call vote that would…

by P.D. Lesko John Hilton, Editor, The Ann Arbor Observer. Dr. Mozhgan Savabiesfahani circulated her nominating petitions, collected her signatures and the Ann Arbor City Clerk judged that the candidate had collected at least 100…

by P.D. Lesko In May 2022, Ann Arbor Assistant City Administrator John Fournier left officials in Evanston, IL scratching their heads after Fournier spent a week sending "counters" to an employment contract that had been approved by a…

Oscar-winning actor Anthony Hopkins stars in this pandemic-produced thriller, shot almost entirely on Zoom, that is also the first feature film NFT. Rated R, 1 hour 37 minutes by Frank Scheck Fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly and…

by Hugh Gallagher, Pulp Can a great man also be a good man? What do the words great and good mean? This is the theme of Mark St. Germain’s play Relativity, which explores the character of physicist Albert Einstein, who has…