Man driving while texting, and smoking a cigarette. Child in carseat waved to me from back window as they passed.
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Man driving while texting, and smoking a cigarette. Child in carseat waved to me from back window as they passed.
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The globe of a streetlight is resting on the sidewalk along Fourth Avenue, next to its decapitated pole. Hit by the storm?
At its July 19, 2010 meeting, the Ann Arbor city council allocated $1,268,092 in city general funds to more than 30 different nonprofit agencies for human services programs. The funding had already been approved as part of the city’s FY 2011 budget, which was adopted at its May 17, 2010 meeting.
This brief, filed live from city hall, will be followed by a detailed report of the July 19 meeting: [link]
The Detroit News reports on the potential impact a new governor might have on stem cell research. In 2008, a constitutional amendment was approved by voters to allow stem cell research. Recently, however, the Senate has passed various limitations and regulations on the amendment. Sean Morrison, director of the University of Michigan’s Center for Stem Cell Biology, expressed concern about such opposition from political leaders: “People voted to constitutionally protect this type of research. It would be an open question if we get a governor who is opposed to this, whether the governor and the Legislature could find a way to impede this research.” [Source]
The Ann Arbor-based Center for Michigan has posted its voter guide, a searchable database of information about state candidates in the Aug. 3 primary elections. The site also includes video interviews with candidates. Here’s a link to the page for Ann Arbor’s District 53 in the state House of Representatives, a race between Democrats Jeff Irwin and Ned Staebler. [Source]
In a report on the July 27, 2010 information session for potential library board candidates, we incorrectly stated that Lyn Davidge was a former volunteer at the Ann Arbor District Library. In fact, she was employeed by AADL as a substitute librarian for more than 10 years. We note the error here, and have corrected the original article.
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