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New “Muslim” Travel Ban Signed—Iraq Off List, Valid Visas Recognized
by Matt Ford
President Donald Trump signed a revised travel ban targeting the residents of six muslim countries: Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, and Yemen. The new order is slated to go into effect a one minute after midnight on…
Ann Arbor’s Adaptive Traffic Signal Control System Being Expanded Throughout Downtown
by Aarian Marshall
A decade ago, Ann Arbor turned to tech to manage traffic flow on its streets.
Intelligent traffic systems have been adjusting traffic lights and signs to smooth out congestion in real time for more than three…
Michigan Campaign Finance Network Again Lists Ann Arbor Sen. Warren Among Pols Accepting Most Lobbyist-Paid Hospitality
IN SEPTEMBER 2011, MLive political analyst Susan J. Demas reported that Ann Arbor’s Democratic State Senator Rebekah Warren was one of only four Michigan legislators who had accepted more than $1,800 in free food and drinks from lobbyists…
Which Potential MI Gubernatorial Candidate Has the Largest Stockpile Of Campaign Cash?
by Craig Mauger
A Look At Where Those Considered Contenders For Governor In 2018 Have Gotten Their Campaign Money Over The Years
Former Senate Minority Leader Gretchen Whitmer, a Democrat from East Lansing, officially launched her…
AAPD to Hold Trio of Neighborhood Watch Community Meetings
Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team
At its Feb. 21, 2017 meeting, Council members voted to allocate $200,000 to hire Chicago-based consulting firm Hillard Heintze LLC to conduct an independent review of the city's police department. The…
City Vendor Records Reveal Handful of Board/Commission Members Paid $1.33M
by Patricia Lesko
NextDoor is a city-wide listserv where neighbors can post everything from requests for babysitters to football tickets for sale. Neighbors have also taken to posting information about local city government. In Feb.…
Why Are Black People in Ypsilanti Disproportionately Arrested on Bench Warrants?
Part 1: Data Trends
Black men and women in Ypsilanti accounted for 63% (1,179 of 1,869) of all Washtenaw County arrests in 2014 on “failure to appear” bench warrants, even though they make up less than 2% of the county’s total…
Washtenaw Among Least Vulnerable Counties Should ACA Be Repealed
by Nancy Derringer
Hundreds of thousands of state residents would likely be affected by a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, including those in counties that went hard for the law’s critic-in-chief, President-Elect Donald Trump,…
Sierra Club Endorses Anglin, Eaton, and Kunselman for Ann Arbor City Council
The Sierra Club, Huron Valley Group, and Sierra Club, Michigan Chapter today formally announced several endorsements of incumbent City Council members, each facing challengers in the Democratic primary in August.
"We are very pleased to…
A2Politico: Doing Less for Longer—A Politician’s Dream
by P.D. Lesko
KIRK WESTPHAL CAUSED the political firmament to tremble (convulse, really) when he was just rumored to be prepared to pitch the idea of changing the length of City Council members’ terms from two to four years. The…