When No Landlord Will Rent to You, Where Do You Go?
How extended-stay hotels and motels became the last housing option for thousands of low-income Americans.
Governor Gretchen Whitmer held a press conference providing updates on the State's response to COVID-19.
Advocacy groups filed a lawsuit after Nessel has not rescinded an opinion stopping a ballot initiative raising the minimum wage to $12.
On Using the LGBTQ Community & Desperation Politics: An Open Letter to Ward 3 Council Member Travis Radina
by Patricia Lesko When I ran for office against John Hieftje in 2010, a man named Phil Volk, then a leading member of Ann Arbor’s gay community, published an opinion piece in which he said I was an “embarrassment to the gay community.” He didn’t say why, just that I was. Since I didn’t know […]
Council Votes to Remove Member From His Boards and Commissions for Seven Months, “Against Advice of Counsel”
by Patricia Lesko On April 19, 2021, in a move that the Ann Arbor City Attorney Stephen Postema called “unprecedented,” Jeff Hayner (D-Ward 1) was stripped of his seats on seven boards and commissions, including the Parks Advisory Commission, the Greenbelt Advisory Commission, the Liquor Board and t...
