Police Release Body and Dash Cam Footage of Sheriff Outreach Worker Killed While Attacking Officers
Please Note: This video contains images of violence and profanity
by P.D. Lesko
On April 4, 2025 30-year-old Deshawn Leeth was shot and killed in Beaver County Pennsylvania after what officials described a “wild” car chase that…
Trump’s Trade Calamity
by Bob Topper
The world economy may have dodged a bullet. Trump backed down, calling for a 90-day moratorium on most of his nonsensical tariff tax plan. In 90 days, people will have forgotten, and he may let this sleeping dog lie, as he…
DTE and Ann Arbor Sign New Agreement: DTE to Support A2Zero Climate Goals
Officials from the City of Ann Arbor and DTE Energy joined on Earth Day, April 22, to sign a new heating franchise, the first in the country to include a climate agreement with associated activities that aims to improve health, safety and…
AG Search Warrants Target Ann Arbor Pro-Palestinian Student Protesters
by Jon King
Multiple search warrants have been served in at least three metro Detroit communities, which activists claim are targeting pro-Palestinian supporters from the University of Michigan.
“These are Department of Attorney…
How Ann Arbor Can Strengthen Protections for Undocumented Residents
by Annie Lively
In the first 50 days of the new federal administration, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) made nearly 33,000 arrests nationwide. While Ann Arbor has implemented some protective measures for undocumented…
Springtime for Donald and Elon
by Tom H. Hastings
Once we depose Trump and deport Musk we can laugh about their greedy corrupt behavior even as we tend to the disastrous damage they did. They will fail, if Americans rise up in massive nonviolent noncooperation.
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Ann Arbor Neighborhood Network Launches Petition to Ask City Officials to Suspend Work on Master Plan Until There’s More Robust Citizen Input
by Bruce Laidlaw
Michigan law requires zoning ordinances to be based on master plans adopted by planning commissions and the municipal governing bodies. Ann Arbor's Planning Commission is working on a revision of the City's master plan…
Sheriff’s Dept. Outreach Worker Shot and Killed: Man Stole Police Cruiser, Fled Across State Lines, Assaulted Officers
by P.D. Lesko
On April 4, 2025 30-year-old Deshawn Leeth was shot and killed in Beaver County Pennsylvania after what officials described a "wild" car chase that started in Ohio. Leeth was one of Sheriff Alichia Dyer's outreach workers,…
CDC and SAMHSA Rescinded Billions in Funding: Rep. Dingell Led 40 Members of Congress to Demand an Explanation from HHS Sec. RFK, Jr.
View the full text of the letter here.
Congresswoman Debbie Dingell (MI-06) led 40 of her House colleagues in sending a letter to Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. demanding answers about…
A2Politico: The Sheriff’s Poor Judgement Leads to a Legal Trainwreck
by P.D. Lesko
Former Sheriff's Office Dir. of Community Engagement Derrick Jackson had the money, the endorsements, the backing of the incumbent Sheriff and the fix was in: he was supposed to ease into former Sheriff Jerry L. Clayton's…
