Opinion

THERE IS WIDESPREAD dissatisfaction among students and parents nationwide concerning state-mandated student testing. Students and parents point to the fact that extensive testing causes stress and anxiety; school administrators drive home…

On June 1, I took an initiative in behalf of the many of the Ann Arbor Public who have spoken for keeping the entirety of the Library Lot as a Public Space. The City Council has contracted with a broker to solicit and evaluate private…

THE LAST TIME the Tipped Minimum Wage was increased, the year was 1991 and George H.W. Bush was in the White House. That wage currently stands at $2.31 per hour. In the U.S., 3.3 million workers are employed in sectors that use the tipped…

THIS AUGUST, VOTERS will go to the polls and choose from among candidates running in the City Council Democratic primary elections. In Wards 1, 3, 4 and 5, incumbents’ and challengers’ websites are up and populated with a variety of…

ON MAY 27, Ann Arbor Board of Education (BOE) approved four policies required by Michigan bills passed in 2011 and 2012 and signed into law by Gov. Snyder. The laws require that local Boards of Education take charge of teacher discipline,…

by Ryan Hunter “THOSE WHO KNOW me know I will have my say, when I need to have my say,” said an emotional Judge Simpson during a support rally held in his honor last February. After a week long hearing in March, Simpson finally had his…

FDD Disconnect Program Thank you for your continuing coverage of the FDD program. I wanted to write to you to provide a correction and some comment. 1. In your article you state, “Frank Burdick was appointed by Council to the…

ANN ARBOR IS one of 38 municipalities in Michigan whose locally-elected officials have passed non-discrimination ordinances. Republican Rep. Earl Poleski is peddling House Bill 4052, the “Local Government Employer Mandate Prohibition Act,”…

THERE IS NO ambiguity concerning the end date of the AAPS teachers’ contract: 2016. The Board of Education members and the Superintendent want the teachers to come to the bargaining table based on a June 20, 2014 agreement that called for…