Ann Arbor

AAPD Chief Seto, when asked, declined to release the name of the officer who shot Aura Rosser. Neither would he answer questions about how many officers responded to the call and why two officers have been put on paid administrative leave.…

by Liz Halloran THE HUMAN RIGHTS Campaign (HRC), the nation’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights organization, today released its third annual report assessing LGBT equality in 353 cities across the…

MR. TALYOR YOU have a serious credibility problem. In a recent “message” to citizens concerning your vision for Ann Arbor you wrote, “we must address affordability and affordable housing; reduce traffic congestion; do our part to combat and…

by Christian Usera IN AUG. 2014 The Ann Arbor Independent newspaper ran an article which revealed the Ann Arbor Performance Network Theatre (PNT) had lost its “Right to Solicit” licensure. The piece examined the organization’s finances,…

OVER THE PREVIOUS week, there were 76 crimes reported by the AAPD. For the AAPD last week, Saturday was the day on which the most crimes were reported, 36 on that day. The Washtenaw County Sheriff’s Department reported 45 crimes during…

by P.D. Lesko ANN ARBOR NEWS reporter Ben Freed posted a graphic of Cookie Monster tapping his fingers, then deleted the posting. Once again, the Washtenaw County Clerk finds himself at the center of a debate about handling ballots.…

DONNA LASINSKI IS on AAPS Superintendent Jeanice Kerr Swift’s Blue Ribbon Advisory commission, a group of parents who meet with Swift monthly to give her feedback and counsel. Lasinski is polite and personable. She’s tough, too, and doesn’t…

ACCORDING TO A new report titled “Monitoring the Culture of Sustainability at the University of Michigan,” dated Fall 2013, despite being provided with free rides on city buses, fewer than 10 percent of U-M’s 6,431 faculty and 35,846 staff…

by P.D. Lesko Veronique Liem has lived in the U.S. for 40 years, but she has a European sensibility. During the primary election season, unlike Probate Court candidate Tracy Van den Bergh, Liem made campaign donations to a number of…

Editor: Democratic candidate for mayor Christopher Taylor has repeatedly commented on the need to encourage “young people to choose Ann Arbor.” We sent our 17-year-old high school intern, Micaela Stevenson, to the League of Women Voters…