by Neeta Delaney The old adage of “the rich get richer and the poor get poorer” has never rung so true. America’s rapidly expanding wealth gap is the root cause. When CEOs receive more than 344 times the average annual salary of…

by P.D. Lesko Kirk Moore, a captain in the Henderson, Nevada Police Dept. with over 500 sworn officers, took the helm of the Ypsilanti Police Dept. in April 2023. He signed a four year contract to lead the dept. with fewer than 40…

by P.D. Lesko About 100 people attended the October 15, 2024 Ypsilanti City Council meeting. Inside the Council chambers, protesters repeatedly disrupted Council's efforts to discuss Resolution No. 2024-240 "Directing the city manager…

Washtenaw County Food Service Inspection Reports are updated once a month. Please note that inspection reports describe the conditions observed on the date and time of the inspection. County food service establishments have regular…

by P.D. Lesko Democrat Desirae Simmons, the embattled Ward 3 Ypsilanti City Council member, won her May 7, 2024 recall election against challenger Democrat Rod Johnson. Simmons captured 52.06 percent of the vote. Turnout for the special…

MacKenzie Scott’s Yield Giving announced that several Michigan nonprofit organizations have secured a total of $11 million in grants. Scott, a novelist and philanthropist, is the former wife of Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos. …

by P.D. Lesko To buy or not to buy. That has been the question before Ypsilanti City Council since Nov. 2023. In the space of one month, Council members have voted four times on the purchase of a $3.7 million property at 599 S.…

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 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…

9/20/23: This story was edited to remove a mention of the Ypsilanti Public Library. by Monica Ross-Williams “I’m 83-years-old, have lived in Ypsilanti all my life and I’m afraid to visit downtown Ypsilanti,” an Ypsilanti community…