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POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Sumi Kailasapathy is not employed by U-M. Her husband is employed as a faculty member at Eastern Michigan University. She accepted a $500 donation from a local developer. Her employer is not a city…

“I WILL FIGHT for you as hard as I fought to get on the ballot,” said Bob Dascola in his closing statement at the League of Women Voters debate. Dascola faces two other Democrats in the primary election: Julie Grand and U-M student Sam…

IN HIS EARLY2014 presentation to City Council and the public, Ann Arbor Police Chief John Seto reported that Part I crime in Ann Arbor was down over the previous year. While the report included numbers for burglaries and larcenies, it did…

by P.D. Lesko WARD 1 COUNCIL candidate Don Adams, Jr. doesn’t have any endorsers listed on his website, but when asked offered up an impressive list: Mayor John Hieftje, former Ward 1 Council member Sandi Smith, Ward 3 Council member…

by P.D. Lesko SAMUEL MCMULLEN IS a local Waldorf school graduate and a U-M sophomore. He remembers Bob Dascola, one of his two opponents in the Ward 3 City Council Democratic primary election. McMullen talks about getting his hair cut…

Sabra Briere: Campaigning as “works with everyone”: Has the endorsement of no current Council members. Four current Council members have endorsed against her. POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST: Marijuana entrepreneurs gave over 15 percent…

NEW HOUSEHOLD income guidelines that are used to determine eligibility for free and reduced-price school meals are available for 2014-15, the Michigan Department of Education (MDE) announced last week. Established by the U.S. Department…

by Donna Iadipaolo WHAT CAN GET hundreds of Ann Arbor kids in the summer to relax and revel in playing a musical instrument while also making friends with other musically inclined youth? None other than the Ann Arbor Public School’s…

"I am running for Mayor of Ann Arbor because it is time for new leadership, new knowledge, skills and abilities to leverage the economic growth ahead of us into improved city services for all residents."—Sally Hart Petersen POTENTIAL…

by P.D. Lesko THE PRESIDENT OF Washtenaw Community College describes the faculty’s no confidence vote in her leadership as akin to being hit with a sledge hammer. The reasons for the no confidence vote surround Dr. Rose Bellanca’s…