Michigan

by Erin Herron Terri Lynn Land is upset. She’s upset because she was called out for her lack of preparedness on Michigan Calling, a call-in program where Michigan voters had the chance to ask her questions on a wide range of issues. Land…

On Oct. 6, the Ann Arbor District Library screened “The Michigan Beer Film” at Bill’s Beer Garden. A2 Indy arts writer Chris Usera was there on a cool, rainy evening, soaking in the atmosphere and, yes, sampling the Kombucha Beer. by…

by P.D. Lesko IN THE FILM “The Ten Commandments,” with Charlton Heston and Edward G. Robinson, a mocking Robinson quips to downtrodden Hebrew slaves “Where’s your Moses, now, eh?” It’s a line that is all at once absurd (Robinson’s New…

IN THE T.V.  advertisement released by the Snyder campaign last week, Gov. Snyder assures voters that Michigan is on the “road to recovery.” Those who have not felt the recovery will feel it soon, he says. The Annie E. Casey Foundation’s…

Michigan is known as the Great Lakes State for a reason. However, if we continue to allow deep drilling endeavors there will be little reason to claim this namesake. Hydraulic fracturing, better known as “fracking,” places the resources of…

All Michiganders should be alarmed about frack waste coming from other states, not just residents who live near the receiving landfill.  Citizens should be alarmed even if the load doesn’t glow, like the one from Washington County,…

ON SEPT. 4,  Michigan’s minimum wage will rise to $8.15 from $7.40. Back on May 28, Michigan legislators passed The Workforce Opportunity Wage Act, under the auspices of which the state’s minimum wage will increase from $7.40 to $9.25 per…

REP. ADAM ZEMKE, a Democrat, has chosen to endorse in the Ward 2 City Council Democratic primary election. We believe this is not only misguided, but demonstrates a singular lack of leadership from a state-level representative. Mr. Zemke’s…

SEVERAL OF THE the eight candidates running for two seats on the Washtenaw County Trial Court have their campaign yard signs planted on public property. The signs appear on public property throughout Ann Arbor, including one at the…

ANN ARBOR CITY Council members recently passed a resolution urging the State’s Attorney General to stop defending Michigan’s ban against gay marriage. In 2011, Ann Arbor City Council went on the record objecting to a Republican-backed drive…