Washtenaw County

by P.D. Lesko Data collected by Michigan's State Court Administrative Office shows that the judges who serve the people of our county have seen a slight uptick in the total number of cases filed between 2021 (47,026) and 2024 (52,164).…

by P.D. Lesko On June 9, 2025 in an unpublished opinion, the Michigan Court of Appeals refused to reverse trial court Judge Carol Kuhnke's ruling that went against John C, Floyd, III and his attorney Bruce Laidlaw, who sued the City of…

by Stephen Modell, M.D. and Sarah Hartzell, Ph.D. Youth suicide prevention in Southeast Michigan and nationally has, this last year, experienced fits and starts. In October 2024, Superior Township leadership voted its final approval…

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 Andrew Roth Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit announced that he is seeking the Democratic nomination for attorney general. Savit said his role as attorney general would be to “stand between Michiganders and those trying to…

by Annie Lively In the first 50 days of the new federal administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made nearly 33,000 arrests nationwide. While Ann Arbor has implemented some protective measures for undocumented…

4/8/25: Updated with a comment from Sheriff Alyshia Dyer. by P.D. Lesko Sheriff Alyshia Dyer appointed Jeremiah Richardson as her Dept.'s HR and training manager. Richardson and Dyer were romantic partners, as well as patrol…

by P.D. Lesko Billy Cole, President and CEO of non-profit Supreme Felons, Inc. doesn't want to talk about the rising crimes rates in the areas where his neighborhood watch teams patrol. He doesn't want to talk about the fact that in…

Note: This is one in a series of articles about the Washtenaw County Trial Court and cases where a litigant or litigants appealed a County Trial Court judge’s ruling. The majority of local Trial Court rulings are upheld by…

by A2Independent staff First, in Oct. 2024 the New York Times ran a 9,200 word expose that revealed since 2016 the University of Michigan had spent $260 million and employed 240 staffers in pursuit of elusive institutional DEI goals. In…