Fired U-M President Mark Schlissel Receives Nearly $1 Million Severance Deal
by Scott McClallan
It started with the University of Michigan firing former president Mark Schlissel for a years-long relationship with a subordinate coworker deemed inappropriate. It ended with Schlissel receiving about $1…
Do You Qualify? Over 1M in Michigan Have Health Coverage Through State-Funded Healthy Michigan Program
Governor Gretchen Whitmer announced that the Healthy Michigan Plan is now providing health care coverage to 1,000,456 million Michiganders, marking the first time more than one million people have opted for affordable and accessible…
Film Review: “Memory”
Guy Pearce co-stars as an FBI agent in a remake of a Belgian crime thriller involving a child trafficking ring and a hitman struggling with Alzheimer’s.
Rated R, 1 hour 54 minutes
by Sheri Liden
The premise…
Why “Ann Arbor for Public Power” Should Scare You to Death
by P.D. Lesko
Ann Arbor for Public Power appears to be a group of ecologically-minded people sick to death of DTE's "dirty," high-priced services and outage-a-palloozas in Ann Arbor. They want Ann Arbor to replace DTE with a "clean,"…
U-M Writer Phil Christman Has a New Collection of Essays: “HOW TO BE NORMAL”
by Martha Stuit, Pulp
Phil Christman takes on the problem of How to Be Normal in his new essay collection by interrogating broad categories of life. Like his earlier book, Midwest Futures, the essays are…
Campaign Finances of Ward 4 Incumbent Show Financial Support Primarily From Ward 4 Residents
by P.D. Lesko
Ann Arbor City Council member Elizabeth Nelson (D-Ward 4) ran as an unknown in 2018 for a four-year term. Nelson is running for re-election in 2022. According to her pre- and post-election campaign finance statements filed…
Ypsilanti Jazz Concert Series Returns this Summer with New Name and Location
by Amy Karbo
Ypsilanti Township will host the 2022 John E. Lawrence Summer Jazz Concert Series on Friday evenings July 1, 2022 - September 2, 2022 from 7:00pm – 9:00pm at Ford Lake Park (9075 S. Huron River Drive). Parking will be $5…
Nothing Radical About Whitmer Fighting the GOP’s Anti-Abortion Extremism
by Susan J. Demas
Ten years ago, I was having a beer with a Michigan GOP consultant who informed me that liberals should stop all the fear-mongering because Republicans would never be dumb enough to outlaw abortion.
“If they did…
Ypsilanti School District to Receive $250,000 State Grant to Beef up Building Security
by Scott McClallen
(The Center Square) – Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced that 150 awards were given to 57 local school districts, 14 intermediate school districts, 40 nonpublic schools, and 39 public school academies for $10 million in…
$431M Waived for UIA in Federal Pandemic Overpayments for 55,000 in Michigan
by Scott McClallen
(The Center Square) – The Michigan Unemployment Insurance Agency says it will waive about $431 million it overpaid to more than 55,000 Michiganders in federal pandemic unemployment benefits.
About $11 million will…