Virg Watch
On board: a campaign veteran and a former staffer
Virg Bernero has hired Lt. Gov. John Cherry's former chief of staff to run his campaign for governor.
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Thursday, August 12,2010
Tuesday, August 10,2010
911 services
Approval expected on transferring city employees to the county
The Lansing City Council is expected to approve an employment agreement with Ingham County at Monday’s meeting as part of consolidating 911 dispatch services.
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Tuesday, August 10,2010
Kids in the Hall
Is the city paying too much for a parking lot?
The lone contentious vote at Monday’s Lansing City Council meeting was over the purchase of a parcel of land at 229 S. Cedar St. to be converted into a parking lot.
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Thursday, August 5,2010
Same-sex marriage ruling
Lansing couples a step closer to being legally wed
Lansing City Clerk Chris Swope had to go to Canada in 2004 to legally marry his partner Brad Rakowski. After a federal judge’s ruling Wednesday overturned California’s same-sex marriage ban, Swope is one step closer to having his marriage recognized by his own country.
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Wednesday, August 4,2010
Moving right along
Campaign frenzy in the Motor City at Bernero's victory party
DETROIT — It was 10:15 p.m. on election night, and throughout the crowded lobby of the Atheneum Suite Hotel in Detroit’s Greektown rang those familiar phrases...
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Tuesday, August 3,2010
Kids in the Hall
City developments, public comment dominate City Council meeting
The majority of Tuesday’s Lansing City Council meeting didn’t feature the Council at all, but rather input from the public on today’s elections and local goings-on.
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Friday, July 30,2010
Another feather for REO Town
Land Bank sells old Ramon’s Restaurant to developer
New developments in REO Town keep pouring in. The latest is an agreement between the Ingham County Land Bank and a local environmental consultant to transform the old Ramon’s Mexican restaurant at 1146 S. Washington Ave. from asbestos-filled blight with natural skylights (holes in the roof) to a multi-use retail center.
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Wednesday, July 28,2010
Virg Watch
Tracking the money
With less than a week until the gubernatorial primary election, the big news out of the races this week is the campaign contributions for each of the seven candidates. Democratic candidate Virg Bernero’s spending budget is roughly half of his opponent, Andy Dillon.
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Wednesday, July 28,2010
Ingham commission races
Of the five county commission primary races, four are between Republicans, yet the Demcratic race may be the most heated.
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Wednesday, July 28,2010
Millages all around
Millage proposals on local ballots for the Aug. 3 primary range from straight renewals to sharp increases, controversial to clear-cut and maintenance-driven to expansion-oriented.
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