Virg Bernero has touted that he’s a candidate who can court the support of both the labor and business communities, but the Michigan Chamber of Commerce chose to endorse Attorney General Mike Cox over Virg this week. The Lansing Regional Chamber has endorsed Bernero in his past two (...

The tumult over appointments to city boards and commission reared its head again on Monday night at the Council Committee of the Whole meeting as a Councilwoman would not vote to approve a slew of administration appointees because Council was not provided proof that they were qualified und...

It has been more than a year since an Arizona-based Christian legal defense fund sued the “radical queer” Lansing activist group Bash Back! for a 2008 protest at a Delta Township church, but the case is not close to being resolved, and City Pulse has been subpoenaed for records relating to coverage of the protest.

It has been a strange week for former 8th Congressional District Democratic candidate Kande Ngalamulume. He quit the race on Thursday, citing a lack of financial resources, and then on Monday told City Pulse that donations were being lined up to bring back the campaign.

Standing in what was once the butcher section of the former Farmer Jack supermarket on South Cedar Street, the Rev. Louis Dixon was about 25 yards away from a team of steelworkers installing a giant girder across the ceiling. In such a huge, empty space, the sparks from their blowtorch and the crackling of steel being cut seemed miles away.

* A poll released Thursday conducted by the Detroit Free Press and Detroit's WXYZ puts Dillon ahead of Bernero 29 percent to 23 percent — but the poll still shows that 48 percent of likely democratic voters don't have a preference. This new poll — conducted by EPIC-MRA with a s...

The other volunteers at the Recycle Livingston center in Howell that day said that Ngalamulume’s clothes really raised the dress code around the place. Plus, the safety vest might have been a little unnecessary since the recycling center is essentially a large parking lot with more stationary Dumpsters than heavy machinery.

Given the recent sunny weather, it might be a good time to look at the environmental record of Virg Bernero.Two weeks ago, Bernero spoke at a forum that hosted by the League of Conservation Voters. And on Tuesday, the League released its annual scorecard of state elected officials.Since Be...

Another down to the wire decision by the Lansing City Council: on Monday night, Council approved the ballot language for the renewal of the Parks and Recreations Department tax. Monday was the deadline for Council to approve the language to get it on the August ballot. Voters renew the tax...

One day back in 1999 in administrative law class at Harvard University Law School, future Lansing City Attorney Brig Smith was clicking away on his laptop at a game of solitaire while his professor, Elena Kagan, was looking for an answer to a question.