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Nov. 30, 2023 Correction: Jennifer Symanns represents Ward 2, not Ward 1. by P.D. Lesko Brian Jones-Chance, a former Ypsilanti City Council member, sits on the Ypsilanti Planning Commission. Jones-Chance stands to make over $100,000…

by Anna Nichols Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed legislation aimed to keep guns out of abusers’ hands in Kalamazoo, 24 years after the tragic death of Maggie Wardle, 19, at the hands of an ex-boyfriend. The legislation was co-sponsored by…

by Naomi Diaz University of Michigan Health, based in Ann Arbor, has joined a number of large hospitals and health systems by charging patients for certain messages received through online patient portals, Detroit Free Press reported…

by Kimberly Baker Thanksgiving is a time for gathering with friends and family around the dinner table. No one wants to cause their family or friends to get sick from a foodborne illness on this holiday or any other occasion. The…

by P.D. Lesko Around 80 people crowded into the Washtenaw County Learning Resource Center on Washtenaw Ave., near the County Jail, on Nov. 15 from 6-8 p.m. to hear Sheriff candidates Alyshia Dyer, Derrick Jackson and Ken Magee answer…

by P.D. Lesko Ypsilanti is a Third World country thanks to the stunning ineptitude and ethically suspect conduct of the City's elected and appointed officials. Public records show Ypsilanti's former City Manager Frances McMullen…

by Jon King The entire Michigan Senate Republican caucus has signed on to a resolution calling for U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Detroit) to resign from office, citing her “hurtful comments” about the ongoing war between Israel and…

by Omer Bartov In 1903, a local mob killed 49 Jews, including several children, and raped and wounded 600 others, in the city of Kishinev, then part of the Russian Empire. These three days of violence later became known as…

A bill repealing a Michigan law preventing state lawsuits against drug manufacturers passed the state House of Representatives on Wednesday. Senate Bill 410, sponsored by Sen. Jeff Irwin (D-Ann Arbor), passed 79-30 in an…

EPA determined that the plume qualifies as a hazardous substance that poses significant threats to human health and the environment. Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) and the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and…