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Local Ann Arbor Landlord and Others Who Are Politically-Connected Received Millions in PPP Loans
by P.D. Lesko
In Ann Arbor, 57 businesses received PPP (Paycheck Protection Plan) loans from the U.S. Small Business Administration in amounts between $1 million and $10 million. Only one of the companies, Skysync, Inc., is…
Michigan Rep. Dan Kildee Introduces Bill to Extend CARES Act Benefits Through December 2020
by Ellie Nelson
Even as some states start reopening, there’s little sign the coronavirus pandemic — or most of its adverse economic effects — will end anytime soon. But the $600-per-week lifeline the federal government…
Money Runs Out Less Than Two Weeks After Washtenaw United Way Announces Small Biz Emergency Grants
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…
Ann Arbor GoFundMe Campaigns Meet With Varying Success
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’s Michigan Economic Center Study Reveals Anti-Immigrant Policies Could Derail Michigan’s Economy
by Akaash Kolluri
The Michigan Economic Center (MEC) released a new study yesterday titled "Michigan: We Are All Migrants Here," that details the history of immigrant contributions to Michigan’s economy, and the critical contributions…
Report: 17.2% of Michigan’s Minimum Wage Workers Experiencing Minimum Wage Violations
By David Cooper and Teresa Kroeger
For the past four decades, the majority of American workers have been shortchanged by economic policymaking that has suppressed the growth of hourly wages and prevented greater improvements in living…
Ann Arbor’s EPA Facility Could Lose 168 FT Jobs Under Trump’s Proposed Cuts
by Keith Laing
The Detroit News is reporting that Democrats in Michigan’s congressional delegation are working to stave off cuts proposed for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s facility in Ann Arbor, which is home to most of the…
New Study: In Michigan “Job Creation” Has Fueled Low Wage Economy
by Lindsay Vanhulle | Crain's
40% of households still unable to afford basic living necessities
To make ends meet as a four-person family in Michigan, with a child in preschool and a baby at home, it's practically mandatory that both…
Ann Arbor Passes Detroit As Michigan City With Highest Assessed Value
by Kirk Pinho | Crain's
Even after Detroit's decades of decline, the state's largest city both by size and population still had bragging rights in 2014 as the one with the highest total real estate value: $12.3 billion.
No more.
In the…
250+ Summer Jobs–Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation Hiring Event March 12
by Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team
Looking for a summer job? On Sunday Mar. 12 Ann Arbor Parks and Recreation is hosting a hiring event on from 11 a.m.–3 p.m. at Cobblestone Farm, 2781 Packard Road.
On-the-spot interviews will be…
