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A recent study by the University of Michigan shows Washtenaw County has one of the highest median income levels in the state. But as WEMU’s Kevin Meerschaert reports, that's only part of the story.
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Ypsilanti Township is continuing legal action against a local, interstate materials hauling company. Last summer, a massive pile of a black, coal-like substance appeared on the property owned by OKD Transport. Since then, nearby testing has turned up toxic carcinogens. The property owner says independent testing has proven the substance to be non-hazardous. WEMU's David Fair talked with Ypsilanti Township attorney Douglas Winters about the ongoing issues and concerns.
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Though the residents of the West Willow neighborhood in Ypsilanti Township are predominantly people of color, a document affecting about 196 homes on a parcel in the neighborhood is still on the books that bans anyone who isn't white from living there. In an effort to change that, the New West Willow Neighborhood Association (NWWNA) has partnered with the Justice InDeed project at the University of Michigan Law School's Civil Rights Litigation Initiative to repeal the race-restrictive covenant covering that plat of land. Concentrate Media’s Rylee Barnsdale discusses the work being done to repeal this document with NWWNA president JoAnn McCollum.
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Original Moxie started off as a hair care line out of owner Rachel Blistein’s home. Now, it is part of a the aptly-named “Beauty Block” at the Ridge Center on Michigan Avenue in Ypsilanti Township. Its three businesses support and collaborate with one another and have bigger plans on the horizon with another woman-owned business planning to move in soon. Find out more when Rachel Blistein from Original Moxie joins Concentrate Media's Rylee Barnsdale for this week's "On the Ground Ypsi."
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Getting an education as an adult can be challenging and costly. But for the last 25 years in Washtenaw County, the organization “Adult Transitions” has been helping adults get their GED, take English as a Second Language classes, and much more. WEMU's Josh Hakala and Concentrate Media's Rylee Barnsdale talk about this path to education with Bonnie Truhn, the program director of Adult Transitions.
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Ypsilanti Township will not join the countywide early voting network. WEMU’s Taylor Bowie has more.
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Members of the McKinley Tenants Association spoke out this week at the Ypsilanti City Council meeting. They are trying to bring attention to what they call mismanagement by McKinley Inc., which owns more than half of the county’s workforce housing. WEMU’s Josh Hakala reports.
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A suspect in a fatal stabbing who barricaded himself in an Ypsilanti Township apartment this morning has been arrested. WEMU's Josh Hakala reports.
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Community groups in Ypsilanti Township are raising concerns over the way the township board allocated American Rescue Plan - or ARPA dollars - last week. WEMU’s Cathy Shafran explains.
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The Arbor Preparatory School in the Ypsilanti area is one of only 20 schools in Michigan that will be teaching the controversial AP African American History Course. The instructor of that course, Jessica Wood, is taking issue with those like Florida Governor Ron DeSantis who say the course could negatively impact the feelings of white students. Here is her complete conversation about the course with WEMU's Cathy Shafran.