Ann Arbor

by Donnelly Wright Hadden Our State government is in a frenzy to spend money and cut taxes, because it has a temporary budget windfall. Michigan officials had better save some of that money to bail out local governments next year,…

by P.D. Lesko Note: Our family belonged to Congregation Beth Israel from 1992-2004. I served on the Board in the early-90s. When the protests by Witness for Peace began, we were members of the synagogue. We joined Temple Beth Emeth…

Updated on 1/24/22 with comments from Council member Jeff Hayner. by P.D. Lesko The City of Ann Arbor currently employs approximately 840 full-time regular employees and 1,400 part-time and temporary employees. In 2020, taxpayers…

by Jessica Helges and Kate O'Neill BETWEEN 2010 AND 2012, Berkeley, California, Walpole, Massachusetts, Auburn, Maine, and Concord, New Hampshire, among other U.S. cities voted not to adopt single-stream recycling, or abandoned…

At an October 6, 2021 meeting of the Washtenaw County Board of Commissioners, County Administrator Greg Dill informed the Commissioners that there would soon be an announcement about "interim leadership" at SafeHouse Center. Dill not only…

by Beth Dempsey Washtenaw Literacy, a non-profit organization devoted to eradicating adult illiteracy, is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout the 2021-22 school year. Washtenaw Literacy’s purpose is straightforward: the…

by Dr. Stephen Modell, M.D. In June 2020 Ann Arbor released its A2ZERO Living Carbon Neutrality Plan. Major areas include strategies to shift towards renewable energy, switch appliances and vehicles to electric, and create community…

by Jenn McKee, Pulp The Goldilocks Principle, though not regularly cited in reference to storytelling, can nonetheless be maddening for those who build narratives. For how does a writer determine, in each scene, what’s too much…

by Patricia Lesko When I ran for office against John Hieftje in 2010, a man named Phil Volk, then a leading member of Ann Arbor's gay community, published an opinion piece in which he said I was an "embarrassment to the gay community."…

On March 23, 2021 at 9:30 a.m. Ann Arbor 15th District Court Judge Miriam A. Perry sentenced former Michigan state senator Mitchell L. Irwin on a single charge of domestic violence, a misdemeanor. Irwin is the father of Michigan state…