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It took almost eight years to realize I was a bigot. When I was just starting out in my journalism career, one of my first published stories was a 2015 feature about my sister, Lindsay, coming out …
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Josh Champlin
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6/29/23
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WEDNESDAY, June 28 — City of Lansing officials broke ground this morning on the Ovation downtown performing arts center and announced a $1 million, five-year partnership with Michigan State …
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By TODD HEYWOOD and BERL SCHWARTZ
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6/28/23
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FRIDAY, June 23 — The court-ordered receiver of marijuana businesses MD Industries and Rehbel Industries has agreed to sell the businesses, including their three marijuana licenses, for $2.25 …
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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6/23/23
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The iconic, century-old Moores Park swimming pool in Lansing could be restored if a $6.2 million line item in the proposed state budget survives.
“I’m fighting for funding in this …
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Todd Heywood
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6/22/23
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Ben Dowd grew up in the shadow of a non-defunct air force base in Oscoda, Michigan. Wurtsmith Air Force Base was decommissioned in 1993, straddling Iosco and Oscoda counties in northeastern Michigan. …
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Todd Heywood
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6/15/23
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Juneteenth, a national holiday since 2021 and a state holiday in Michigan since 2020, honors the official end of slavery in the United States. On June 19, 1865, hundreds of thousands of African …
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Nicole Noechel
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6/15/23
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Two blocks of downtown St. Johns were festooned with rainbows. A vendor was making bubbles that wafted in the wind under the blue sky. Children laughed and squealed as they romped in a bouncy house. …
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Todd Heywood
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6/8/23
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LGBTQ+ people need housing but can face discrimination in the process of finding a home as well as harassment once in housing. A local Lansing developer wants to change that with a housing project …
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Todd Heywood
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6/8/23
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In the late 1970s, Lansing’s first Pride celebration didn’t include any parade floats, performances or other festival-like aspects attendees have come to expect over the years.
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Nicole Noechel
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6/8/23
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WEDNESDAY, June 7 —- The Lansing Board of Ethics gave City Council member Jeffrey Brown a slap for one alleged violation of the ethics ordinance and apparently ignored a second alleged …
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Todd Heywood
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6/7/23
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Ken Beachler, the founding executive director of the Wharton Center for the Performing Arts and a leading member of the Lansing theatrical community, has died. He was 87.
The cause of his death …
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Staff
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6/7/23
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SATURDAY, June 3 — Attorneys for Council Member Jeffrey Brown are arguing the Lansing Ethics Board should dismiss a “frivolous” complaint that resulted in an independent …
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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6/3/23
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FRIDAY, June 2 — Lansing City Council Member Jeffrey Brown violated the city’s ethics ordinance on two fronts, a report by an independent attorney found after investigating a complaint by …
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Todd Heywood
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6/2/23
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Fred Wurtzel was in the back of a Lyft on his way to a physical therapy program. Wurtzel 71, of Lansing, who is blind, has relied on public transit for years.
But he had to use the private …
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Todd Heywood
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6/1/23
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Libraries across Michigan recently put on their boxing gloves in the form of a statewide public opinion poll regarding what the state’s residents think about libraries and book banning.
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Bill Castanier
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5/25/23
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The Lansing Housing Commission and the Capital Area Transportation Authority have plans for separate projects that would transform most of a square block on South Grand Avenue across the street from …
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Todd Heywood
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5/25/23
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FRIDAY, May 19 —Eaton County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution encouraging the county prosecutor and sheriff not to enforce “unconstitutional” gun laws.
“This …
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Todd Heywood
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5/19/23
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Updated plans for the new Public Safety Complex in Lansing include a proposal to demolish the South Washington Office Complex, affecting three city operations and a United Way service that are housed …
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Todd Heywood
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5/17/23
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WEDNESDAY, May 17 — An Okemos High School student has won the 2023 Congressional High School Art Competition in the 7 th Congressional District, U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin announced today.
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5/17/23
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FRIDAY, May 12 — Senate Appropriations Committee Chair Sarah Anthony, every other elected Democratic legislator from the mid-Michigan region and 50 other elected and non-elected leaders came …
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Kyle Melinn and Todd Heywood
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5/12/23
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