County Government

by The Ann Arbor Independent Editorial Team Long-time Washtenaw County Conservation District Manager Dennis Rice is retiring and as a result the District is looking for a new District Manager. In addition, The Washtenaw County…

Part 1: Data Trends Black men and women in Ypsilanti accounted for 63% (1,179 of 1,869) of all Washtenaw County arrests in 2014 on “failure to appear” bench warrants, even though they make up less than 2% of the county’s total…

by Nancy Derringer Hundreds of thousands of state residents would likely be affected by a repeal of the Affordable Care Act, including those in counties that went hard for the law’s critic-in-chief, President-Elect Donald Trump,…

The online site where residents can report service requests from potholes that need filling to graffiti, fields a growing number of requests each week. Over the course of the month of May, dozens of residents reopened tickets which had been…

by Ryan Hunter “THOSE WHO KNOW me know I will have my say, when I need to have my say,” said an emotional Judge Simpson during a support rally held in his honor last February. After a week long hearing in March, Simpson finally had his…

by Angela Parsons JANUARY IS NATIONAL Radon Action Month. Half-priced radon test kits are available at Washtenaw County Public Health’s Environmental Health Division and the Ypsilanti Township Supervisor’s Office through January 30,…

The Washtenaw County Commissioners Ways and Means Committee recently gave the thumbs up to a proposal which gives a financial boost to local, county and state businesses which bid on contracts bid out by Washtenaw County. The Local…

ON OCT. 14 the Michigan DEQ announced 115 applicants selected to receive grant awards totaling $91 million from the Stormwater, Asset Management, and Wastewater (SAW) program, which protects Michigan’s water quality by helping…

THE WASHTENAW HEALTH Plan (WHP) has launched a “Get Covered” campaign to promote access to health coverage for everyone. In partnership with Adams Outdoor Advertising, the WHP is raising billboards throughout Washtenaw and Livingston…

ACTING EXECUTIVE Director Wayne Workman last week announced nearly $6.8 million in Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) monies to help Michigan’s 92,000 homeless. Washtenaw County is set to receive $310,975 in funding. The county has an…