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THE LAST TIME the Tipped Minimum Wage was increased, the year was 1991 and George H.W. Bush was in the White House. That wage currently stands at $2.31 per hour. In the U.S., 3.3 million workers are employed in sectors that use the tipped…

by Madeline Fetchiet AFTER NEARLY A year of presentation and debate over Ann Arbor’s Community-Endorsed Deer Management Plan at City Council meetings, the Humane Society of Huron Valley, some city residents, and city officials still…

THIS AUGUST, VOTERS will go to the polls and choose from among candidates running in the City Council Democratic primary elections. In Wards 1, 3, 4 and 5, incumbents’ and challengers’ websites are up and populated with a variety of…

by Ari LeVaux A RECENT MOVE by the World Trade Organization (WTO) threatens to put more mystery in your meat, while undermining our national sovereignty. On May 18 the WTO ruled that American meat labels violate Canadian and Mexican…

by Zoe Ash Editor: Zoe Ash is a Junior at Ann Arbor Skyline High School and an intern at The Ann Arbor Independent. She is working on a project called Businesses of Ann Arbor. The photo essay project is a riff on the “Humans of….” websites…

by Ed Golder THE MICHIGAN departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and Agriculture and Rural Development (MDARD) announced yesterday the state’s first confirmed cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) H5N2 in the state. The…

by Stavi Tennenbaum DESPITE THE WEEKEND’S continual downpour, the third annual Live on Washington, a free outdoor music and arts festival organized by teens of the Ann Arbor Neutral Zone, continued its tradition of local dancing and…

The online site where residents can report service requests from potholes that need filling to graffiti, fields a growing number of requests each week. Over the course of the month of May, dozens of residents reopened tickets which had been…

ON MAY 27, Ann Arbor Board of Education (BOE) approved four policies required by Michigan bills passed in 2011 and 2012 and signed into law by Gov. Snyder. The laws require that local Boards of Education take charge of teacher discipline,…

First Friday Ypsilanti is a self-guided monthly art walk hosted throughout downtown Ypsilanti at multiple venues.  Each month on the first Friday participating venues offer free art activities involving local artists, musicians, and/or…