Amid Budget Deficit, City Administrator More Than Doubled Spending on Luxury Hotels and Travel for City Staff
by P.D. Lesko
The State of Michigan does not have any laws requiring employers to cover employees' travel expenses. Some states (such as California) have laws requiring employers to cover travel expenses for employees via…
EMU Seeks Injunction to Force 500 Full-Time Profs Back to Work
by Ken Coleman, Michigan Advance
A union representing Eastern Michigan University faculty announced on Wednesday that it will file a “forceful response” opposing a request by the university administration for an injunction forcing…
Study on Ann Arbor-Traverse City Rail Feasibility Rests on Fuzzy Math and Flimsy Data
by Jaime Hope
A project promoted by environmental activists to create a railway from Ann Arbor to Traverse City has recently gained $2.3 million in state and federal funds for a phase II feasibility study. An earlier study, conducted in…
TC1 Zoning Enriches Landowners, Developers and Lawyers, and Hurts Marginalized Communities
by Cathy Antonakos, Ph.D.
I am writing to draw attention to the proposed transit corridor (TC1) zoning on Stadium Boulevard. The diagram below left from the City's presentation material on TC1 zoning, depicts TC1 building heights and…
UM Nurses & EMU Profs Strike
by Jon King
Labor disputes at two state universities have resulted in a strike authorization by one union, and a planned vote to seek such an authorization by another.
At the University of Michigan’s hospital in Ann Arbor, nurses…
Same-Sex Marriage Nears Vote in U.S. Senate
by Jennifer Schutt, Michigan Advance
The U.S. Senate is on track to vote on a bill codifying marriage equality as soon this month with negotiators increasingly confident it could become law.
Wisconsin Democratic Sen. Tammy Baldwin…
COVID Remote Learning Set Back Students’ Reading and Math Skills in Michigan
Students who are Black or from low-income families scored much lower than peers on third-grade test
by Tracie Mauriello
Researchers found alarming increases in the proportion of Michigan third graders reading significantly below…
Mayor Violated Michigan Campaign Finance Act; Did He Also Perjure Himself?
by P.D. Lesko
9/8/22: Updated with comments from the Michigan Department of State and Washtenaw County Clerk Larry Kestenbaum.
The Michigan Secretary of State's Elections Bureau received a complaint in March 2021 that alleged Ann…
EGLE Says Just Three Pounds of Hexavalent Chromium Dumped into Huron River by Tribar
by Kelly House
Michigan health officials say the Huron River is now safe for human contact, after state and outside investigations concluded that far less hexavalent chromium entered the waters than originally feared.
Just…
EVs and Solar Panels Have Moral and Environmental Trade-Offs
Slave labor and dirty environmental practices make green energy far from clean
by Jaime Hope, MCC
Green energy and climate activists say they support social and environmental justice. But the products they advocate are not compatible…