Elinor Epperson

There’s tons of documentation on the plume’s legal, technical and local history, but finding answers to big-picture questions can be difficult. Here's what I've learned after 18 months of research.

Locals have been pushing for more aggressive solutions to the Gelman plume, but the company isn't required to fully clean it up. EPA intervention could change that — if it survives Trump 2.0.

Rita Loch-Caruso and the Yale Superfund Research Center want to use Ann Arbor’s case study to learn more about what they call “another forever chemical.” There’s a lot to learn and a surprising amount that isn’t known.

Marianne Martin has lived in the same home for over 50 years, despite groundwater contamination that rendered her drinking water well unusable. She sued the company responsible — and lost. Now she’s worried the same contamination could threaten Ann Arbor's drinking water.

Michigan Republicans are targeting gender-affirming care for transgender minors in a pair of bill packages introduced in the state House and Senate last week.

A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to pause cuts to the federal agency that funds libraries and museums.

University of Michigan employees fired last month are suing the school for wrongful termination. They say U-M violated their rights to free speech and due process.

Michigan’s Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy wants to create a septic system database. Michigan is the only state without a statewide septic system code.

The council wants to change what containers residents can return and how they redeem them.

Governor Gretchen Whitmer has appointed justice to the state Supreme Court for a partial term. Noah Hood is set to fill a seat vacated by former Chief Justice Elizabeth Clement.