At its April 19, 2012 meeting, the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority board received recommendations from a financial task force that has looked at funding options for expanded countywide service. In other business, the board elected David Nacht treasu... »
At its April 18, 2012 meeting, the Ann Arbor Public Schools board of trustees reviewed possible reductions to the fiscal year 2012-13 budget. The district faces a $17.8 million deficit. The district is planning to cover part of that with revenue enhanc... »
If Michigan’s personal property tax were to be eliminated, as proposed in Senate Bill 34, the amount of the annual transit tax that’s used to help fund the the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority would decrease by $420,000 annually. That’s a point of in... »
At their April 4, 2012 meeting, Washtenaw County commissioners heard from several residents concerned about oil and gas drilling in the county that would use the technique known as “fracking.” The board plans an April 19 work session on the topic. Comm... »
Concerns about proposed oil and gas drilling in the Saline area using a technique known as “fracking” were raised by several speakers during public commentary at the April 4, 2012 meeting of the Washtenaw County board of commissioners. Similar concerns... »
At a special April 2, 2012 meeting, the University of Michigan board of regents passed – on a 5-3 vote – a resolution directing UM administrators to file an amicus brief in support of a lawsuit filed by Michigan House Democrats against the GOP majority... »
Washtenaw County commissioners recently were briefed on plans to form a new countywide transit authority, and several commissioners raised concerns about the process. Michael Ford, CEO of the Ann Arbor Transportation Authority, have the update at the c... »
Stephen Forrest, Vice President for Research, University of Michigan Since joining Ann Arbor SPARK as President and CEO in early 2011, Paul Krutko has met with over one hundred key economic leaders in the region, including private sector CEOs, elected... »
