Ann Arbor

by P.D. Lesko After an expensive and bitter battle between the Library Green Conservancy, the AADL Board members and City Council members, on August 5, 2025 Proposals A (to revoke the 2018 Charter amendment which called for the creation…

by Lisa Cuchara On hot summer days, few things are more refreshing than a dip in the pool. But have you ever wondered if the pool is as clean as that crystal blue water appears? As an immunologist and infectious disease…

by Hayley Harding, Votebeat Michigan could become the most populous jurisdiction in the country to adopt a complex and controversial voting method under a proposal headed to the Board of State Canvassers for review. An initiative led…

AADL Dir. Eli Neiburger says the the Downtown Library is "bursting at the seams" and we need to build a new, bigger one. The AADL Annual Reports say otherwise. Since 2018, total AADL door visits are down 25 percent, the number of items…

by Jaime A. Hope Ann Arbor's City Council recently passed a green-energy housing ordinance. The Exec. Dir. of the Washtenaw Area Apartment Association says the new ordinance will increase red tape and expenses for rental housing owners…

Vote Green – Keep the Voters’ Plan for a green park and civic center as a Commons for the Center of our City by Alan Haber This is an “illegal election” violating the City Charter, wrongly called by the City Council, seeking to sell…

The unexplained deletion paves the way for development, subverts the will of the voters, and exposes the city to potential legal and financial fallout, says Ann Arbor Neighborhood Network group in its "Ann Arbor’s Parkland and Public…

In 2009, half of materials collected by Recycle Ann Arbor from Ann Arbor residents were diverted from the landfill. Between 2019 and 2024, two-thirds of the materials collected within Ann Arbor by Recycle Ann Arbor went to the landfill. …

by P.D. Lesko “Sanctuary” has no legal definition. The term encompasses a range of protection for immigrants, particularly those living in the U.S. illegally. Most often, the laws put legal limits on how law enforcement in those…

by P.D. Lesko A federal appeals court has upheld a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) decision against Starbucks, finding the coffee giant committed unfair labor practices by disciplining workers for union activity — including…