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by Ari LeVaux Sometimes the truth takes a moment to sink in before finally ringing true. Like when Chloe suggested that a sandwich is basically America’s version of sushi. At the time I happily took it as a compliment on the chicken…

By P.D. Lesko Campaign workers are expected to stay 100 feet from the entrance to the polling place. Candidates may not hand out their campaign literature within a polling place. However, there is no Michigan election law that precludes…

Playing ex-flames who team up to save the world, the two leads have chemistry, but the movie lacks the personality to make their low-key screwball dynamic worth the hassle. by Peter Debruge Life peaked in high school for Mike McKenna…

by P.D. Lesko On July 27, the Ann Arbor Independent received an email letter from lawyer Robert Burton-Harris, husband of County Chief Asst. Prosecutor Victoria Burton-Harris. In his letter, Robert Burton-Harris, who specializes in…

by P.D. Lesko Alize Asberry Payne, the Dir. of Washtenaw County's Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Dept. resigned her position on Aug. 16, according to an August 20, 2024 email from the County Administrator Gregory Dill. Asberry Payne…

NOTE: This article has been updated to include comments by Scio Twp. Trustee John Reiser. by P.D. Lesko James Dries registered the Fix Scio Super PAC in May 2024. Public records show that on May 17, 2024 Fix Scio (a Super PAC) was…

Terrence Howard and Esai Morales play Little Rock cops with dark secrets investigating a series of grisly murders. MPA Rating: R. Running time: 103 MIN. by Joe Leyton New Orleans natives may be slightly disappointed to find that a…

by Ellynn Brouwers It’s clear that Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers doesn’t care about Michiganders. As a retired health care professional, it’s alarming Rogers wants to slash Social Security. So many Michigan retirees…

by Martha Stuit, Pulp Keith Taylor is launching two new books published this year. The University of Michigan lecturer emeritus and former bookseller offers 40 years of poetry in All the Time You Want: Selected Poems…

by P.D. Lesko NOTE:This is one in a series of articles about the Washtenaw County Trial Court and cases where a litigant or litigants appealed a County Trial Court judge’s ruling. The majority of local Trial Court rulings are…