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by P.D. Lesko Despite threats from employers of disciplinary action and even firing, nurses and doctors say that health care workers fighting the coronavirus outbreak across the country are getting sick and dying. And despite the fact…

by Amy J. Schulz, PhD, MPH, Barbara A. Israel, DrPH, MPH, Linda Chatters, PhD, MSW, Roshanak Mehdipanah, PhD, Enrique Neblett, PhD Emerging evidence indicates communities in southeast Michigan are hard hit by the COVID-19…

With $1.29 million in funding, $1 million of which was donated by the Song Foundation, the Washtenaw United Way's Washtenaw Small Business Emergency Relief Fund ran dry just two weeks after the modest grants were announced. The United…

by P.D. Lesko On March 23, 2020, Mike and Hilary Gustafson, the owners of the Literati bookstore in downtown Ann Arbor, launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise $100,000 in order to save their seven-year-old bookshop. The campaign raised…

Ann Arbor restaurants offering takeout or delivery: Afternoon Delight at 251 E Liberty St. is offering carryout and curbside pickup. Call 734-665-7513 to order.Aventura at 216 E Washington St. is offering takeout. Call 734-369-3153 or…

Can you buy seeds or seedlings? by Riley Beggin It’s hard for Damon Glei, owner of Glei’s Orchards and Greenhouses in Hillsdale, to determine where his 103-year-old business fits into Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s extended stay-at-home…

The Koch brothers spent a total of $220 million on the 2014 midterm elections through their right-wing political advocacy front groups, such as Americans for Prosperity. Front groups raise money by spinning false narratives. This post…

by P.D. Lesko The only reason former City Administrator Howard Lazarus is several hundred thousand dollars richer is thanks to an open-ended, 2016 contract negotiated by someone among the attorneys employed in the City Attorney's…

The plan calls on the Legislature and governor to cut taxes for individuals with incomes up to $175,000 and joint filers who make less than $350,000.  A new group led by Democratic activists wants voters in November to decide whether…

by Martha Stuit What words come to mind when you think of the Midwest? You may think about its geography, the middleness, or its position and moniker as the heartland with farming and small towns. You might look at a map to see…