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Before hitting the picket line, the faculty union had been working without a contract since August 31 when its old contract expired. The two sides remain at odds over pay and health care benefits.

Community members gathered on Labor Day at North Bay Park in Ypsilanti to celebrate the women of World War II who worked in roles traditionally filled by men.

Eastern Michigan University will give up student housing fees to two private companies for the next 35 years in exchange for the renovation and construction of university housing. The agreement leases the University’s campus housing system to EMU Campus Living, LLC. The company will design, build, renovate, maintain and operate most aspects of the buildings

“Ypsilanti is, has been, a center of military service, and the proportion of Black soldiers that served from Ypsilanti in the Civil War is really extraordinary, so to have an additional recognition of that here on Juneteenth is really special,” said Lieutenant Governor Garlin Gilchrist.

Marcela Rubio-Orozco and Andrew Epstein are married co-owners of Dolores, a restaurant and bar that served homemade Mexican food in Ypsilanti. They made…

Updated June 23, 2020 at 12:29 p.m.: Tuesday morning, Ypsilanti Mayor Beth Bashert posted on Facebook that she was resigning as mayor. "I am deeply sorry…

Gov. Rick Snyder signed the state’s nearly $17 billion education budget in Ypsilanti today.The $16.8 billion fiscal year 2019 Education Omnibus budget,…

Ypsilanti city council Tuesday night decided not to censure Mayor Amanda Edmonds for ethical concerns related to a developer-funded trip to China that…

A developer of a failed housing development proposal in Ypsilanti paid for four Ypsilanti city officials to travel to China last year.Ypsilanti city…

It’s still not clear who paid for Ypsilanti city officials to travel to China at the end of last month.At a special meeting last night, Ypsilanti council…