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Ann Arbor Has Become a “Taylorville” of Business Projections and Neglect: Time For New Leadership

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Jul 29, 2026
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Mayor Told Media He Wouldn’t Use His PAC to Finance His Own Re-Election; Records Show He Did Just That

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Buy My Grandkids Ice Cream Cones or Pay My Utility Bill: Lawmakers Have to Limit Utility Rate Increases

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Judge Rules Greenhills Principal Must Be Told Identity of Confidential Source in Libel Lawsuit Over Sex Abuse Allegations

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Barton Hills Village Bans Non-Residents From Their Private Roads, But Took $790,000 in State Money for Private Water System Improvements

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$2,000 Reward Offered for Info. About Ann Arbor Bank Robbery

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 30, 2017 0
by The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Ann Arbor police are asking for help identifying a man who robbed a Comerica Bank Tuesday in Ann Arbor. According to police, the man entered the bank located at the corner of Washtenaw…
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8th Annual Dawn Farm Ride for Recovery Slated for April 30

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 30, 2017 0
by Olivia Vigiletti For the 8th consecutive year, local nonprofit Dawn Farm has partnered with a group of University of Michigan nurses and anesthesiologists to host an event that allows people of all fitness levels to tackle the problem…
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The 250 Highest Paid Ann Arbor Public School District Employees

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 29, 2017 2
by Patricia Lesko Public school employee compensation is often a topic of scrutiny when school officials ask cash-strapped voters for additional money—in essence permission to go deeper in debt in order to pay the bills. In Ann Arbor, as…
Edu

U-M Students4Justice Group Demands Designated Space for Students of Color

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 27, 2017 0
by Mason Clark A student activist group at the University of Michigan is demanding campus officials provide them with “a permanent designated space on central campus for Black students and students of color to organize and do social…
Crime

Ann Arbor Docs Convicted Of Running Narcotics “Pill Mill”

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 24, 2017 0
by The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Two Ann Arbor-area doctors face significant prison time after they were found guilty on March 23 of writing unnecessary prescriptions for narcotics. The U.S. Attorney’s office in Detroit…
Crime

Crime Data Show Rise in Reports of Violent Crime in Ann Arbor—Is It a Blip or a Trend?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 24, 2017 1
by Patricia Lesko Ann Arbor recently passed Detroit as the city with the highest assessed value in the state. In the realm of public safety, however, while the number of violent crimes and property crimes in Detroit have fallen, in Ann…
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OP-ED: Trump Isn’t Lying, He’s Bullshitting – and It’s Far More Dangerous

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 22, 2017 0
by Lauren Griffin | The Conversation Lying means you’re actually concerned about the truth. If you’ve been paying attention to the news over the past week or so, you know that over the weekend America was introduced to the concept of…
Opinion

OP-ED: Could Roe v. Wade Be Overturned?

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 21, 2017 0
by B. Jessie Hill | The Conversation If you care about the future of abortion rights, now is a good time to worry. A sweeping Supreme Court victory for pro-choice advocates last summer was quickly overrun by worries brought on by the…
Arts

10th Annual Italian Film Festival Comes to Ann Arbor April 21

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 21, 2017 0
by The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team The 10th Anniversary Italian Film Festival USA of Metro Detroit opens on Wednesday, April 5 at 7 p.m. at the Detroit Institute of Arts’ Detroit Film Theatre with La pazza gioia (Like Crazy). A…
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Final Report on Deer Cull Recommends Cull/Sterilization Continue Through 2020

The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Mar 20, 2017 12
by Patricia Lesko The Council packet for the Mar. 20 City Council meeting includes the Deer Management: White Buffalo Report. The 22-page Year One Summary report includes information about the methods used to both harvest 96 deer and…
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