Michigan Secretary of State Set to Turn Over Michigan Voter Registration File to Feds
by Hayley Harding, Votebeat
The Michigan Department of State is trying to send along a portion of the voter registration data requested by the U.S. Justice Department, but one state official says it’s waiting for the federal…
Movie Review: “The Roses”
Two of the best actors of their generation, plus a very funny script from "The Favourite" writer Tony McNamara, aren't quite enough to fix the chemistry deficit between an English couple at war.
by Peter Debruge
There have been 36…
How’s Life Under the Occupation?
by Kary Love
The U.S. invaded Iraq and Afghanistan as illegally as Putin invaded Ukraine, a bad place to begin "democracy building." It taught its young troopers how to take over neighborhoods, conduct door-to-kicked-down-door searches…
Initially Charged With Four Felonies, Former Ypsilanti City Manager Frances McMullan Receives 90-Day Deferred Sentence and Small Fine
by P.D. Lesko
In July 2025, former Ypsilanti City Manager Frances McMullan appeared before the Hon. J. Cedric Simpson to be sentenced on what started out as a four count felony case for her use of her City of Ypsilanti credit card to…
A2Politico: Our County Courts Have the “Slows” and the Human Costs Are Staggering
by P.D. Lesko
Data collected by Michigan's State Court Administrative Office shows that the judges who serve the people of our county have seen a slight uptick in the total number of cases filed between 2021 (47,026) and 2024 (52,164).…
University of Michigan Health Ends Gender-Affirming Care
by Andrew Roth
The University of Michigan’s statewide hospital network will stop providing gender affirming health care service for minors, bowing to pressure from the administration of President Donald Trump.
The statewide hospital…
Michigan Republicans Look to Ban Ranked Choice Voting as Petition Drive Revs Up
House lawmakers are trying to counter a statewide campaign aimed at getting the method enshrined in the state constitution.
by Hayley Harding, Votebeat
Just as efforts to add ranked choice voting to the Michigan Constitution are…
Scio Twp. Board of Trustees Votes to Dissolve Its DDA
by P.D. Lesko
At its Aug. 12, 2024 meeting, four members of the Board of Trustees of Scio Twp. voted to dissolve its Downtown Development Authority (DDA). Clerk Jessica Flintoft and Trustees David Read, Kathleen Brandt and Kathy Knol…
Scio Twp. Supervisor Bound Over for Trial on Charges of Alleged Felony Computer Crimes
by P.D. Lesko
On Aug. 12, 2025, Scio Twp. Supervisor Jillian Kerry was bound over for trial in the 22nd Circuit Court on charges of two alleged felony computer crimes. Judge J. Cedric Simpson of the 14-A District Court listened as…
Ann Arbor Author’s Short Story Collection Nominated For Ursula K. Le Guin Prize for Fiction
by Christopher Porter
The first tale in Dr. Ursula Whitcher's novella-length short-stories collection, North Continent Ribbon, offers a striking example of the sci-fi author's poetic prose:
I stepped toward him with a…