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Since Implementing Single-Stream Recycling, Ann Arbor’s Landfill Diversion Rate Has Plummeted
In 2009, half of materials collected by Recycle Ann Arbor from Ann Arbor residents were diverted from the landfill. Between 2019 and 2024, two-thirds of the materials collected within Ann Arbor by Recycle Ann Arbor went to the landfill.
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County Prosecutor Charges Former Ypsilanti City Manager Frances McMullan With Financial Crimes
Correction: The spelling of Ms. McMullan's name has been corrected. On August 28, 2025 an update was posted. Ms. McMullan's case was adjudicated. Read about that here.
by P.D. Lesko
On June 4, 2025, the City of Ypsilanti sent out a…
Suicide Among Southeast Michigan’s Youth: A Health Crisis Call to Action
by Stephen Modell, M.D. and Sarah Hartzell, Ph.D.
Youth suicide prevention in Southeast Michigan and nationally has, this last year, experienced fits and starts. In October 2024, Superior Township leadership voted its final approval…
Trump Administration Removes List Targeting Ann Arbor and Washtenaw County As Refusing to Cooperate with Federal Immigration Law
by P.D. Lesko
“Sanctuary” has no legal definition. The term encompasses a range of protection for immigrants, particularly those living in the U.S. illegally. Most often, the laws put legal limits on how law enforcement in those…
Scio Township Has Spent $103K in Legal Fees For Sup. Jillian Kerry, Now Trustees Tighten Purse Strings
by P.D. Lesko
Between Dec. 2023 and October 2024 in the matter of State of Michigan v Kerry, Scio Township paid $103,677.25 for reimbursement of Supervisor Jillian Kerry's cost of two attorneys’ services she incurred. Kerry's case stems…
Washtenaw County State Legislators’ Pork Spending Revealed: Huge Handouts for Small Non-Profits
by P.D. Lesko
What Americans call political pork spending (legislators who ask that federal and state spending be approved for pet projects) in the Michigan Legislature is referred to as "directed spending." Michigan GOP leaders have…
Package of Bills Introduced in Michigan House and Senate Aim to Ban Gender Transition Treatment for Minors
by J.D. Davidson
Michigan could join a growing list of states that ban gender transition procedures for minors.
The package of bills introduced in both the House and Senate would stop health care providers from prescribing puberty…
Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit Launches Campaign for Michigan AG
by Andrew Roth
Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit announced that he is seeking the Democratic nomination for attorney general.
Savit said his role as attorney general would be to “stand between Michiganders and those trying to…
Worst Day of My Life
by Laura Finley
I got one of the worst text messages a parent can receive at 12:05 p.m. on April 17. “Active shooter.”
My daughter is in her final two weeks of undergraduate studies at Florida State University, where a shooter,…
At Preliminary Hearing For Scio Twp. Supervisor Jillian Kerry —Judge Simpson Loses Cool. Again.
by P.D. Lesko
Thanks to a series of events characterized as political dirty tricks on the part of former Scio Twp. Supervisor Will Hathaway, or current Scio Twp. Supervisor Jillian Kerry, Scio Twp. Supervisor Kerry stands charged with…