Advertise
Donate
Log in
News
Sort by: Featured Most recent
1677 results total, viewing 1 - 20
State agencies and Grand Rapids partner to prevent wrong-way drivers
WRONG WAY DRIVING: MDOT, the State Police and Grand Rapids are teaming up to reduce the number of deadly wrong-way driving crashes. New detectors are being installed at a number of locations in Grand … more
|
Community colleges push to make adult education access easier 
By BRANDY MUZCapital News Service  LANSING – Community colleges in Michigan are making moves to improve educational opportunities for their adult students. Brandy Johnson, the president of the … more
|
Community colleges revive sports programs
SPORTS: Some community colleges are expanding their athletics programs as a way to recruit and retain students and help athletes succeed academically, although sports facilities are expensive to … more
|
State eyes expanded health care in low-income neighborhoods
By LIZ NASS  Capital News Service  LANSING – During the COVID-19 pandemic, neighborhoods with less access to traditional health care saw a lack of resources for treating the virus.  In September … more
|
Community college trustees want right to vote remotely
OPEN MEETINGS:The state’s 28 community colleges want the Legislature to make it easier for their elected trustees to vote remotely at board meetings, but pending Open Meetings Act legislation by a … more
|
Community college students struggle with affordable housing 
COMMUNITY COLLEGE HOUSING: Community colleges are urging the Legislature to make it easier for them to afford to build housing for their students, many of them already hard pressed financially to … more
|
New compound may expand sea lamprey control
SEA LAMPREY: A recently discovered chemical compound that makes it difficult for invasive sea lamprey to find their breeding grounds in Northern Michigan streams may be a new tool for controlling a … more
|
Drug testing could hinder driver shortage progress
DRUG TEST: Mandatory drug testing for bus drivers, including testing for legal medical and recreational marijuana, makes it harder for public transit agencies to recruit and retain drivers. It’s a … more
|
Safe Routes initiative on hold for Okemos schools
Safe Routes to School is a federal grant program that helps make it safe, convenient and fun for students to walk and bike to school. In Michigan, it is administered by the Michigan Fitness … more
|
Business groups band together to counter ‘risky economic proposals’ advanced by Democrats
While Michigan pundits and policymakers have set their sights on addressing population decline and economic development in the state, some business and policy groups are joining together to oppose … more
|
Letts Community Center, 1220 W. Kalamazoo St. will host the Lansing’s first warming and cooling center when it opens Monday (Dec. 4).
In time for winter, Lansing to launch a westside warming center
Barb Bynum and her husband, like a growing number of senior citizens, are newly homeless after they lost their home this year. more
|
Tom Helma
Tom Helma, a longtime theater contributor to City Pulse, dies at 84
Tom Helma, whose hundreds of local theater reviews in City Pulse over two decades offered insights into characters and plots that were influenced by his training and experience as a psychotherapist, died Nov. 21. He was 84. more
|
Two years after school shooting, Oxford community members reflect, talk gun violence prevention
The day before the second anniversary of the mass shooting at Oxford High School, survivors and their parents met for a roundtable discussion at Oakland University on how Michigan can prevent another … more
|
Schumer on U.S. Senate floor condemns ‘rank antisemitism’ amid Israel-Hamas war
WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, the nation’s highest-ranking Jewish official, spoke from the chamber on Wednesday about the rise of antisemitism in the United States since the … more
|
Rep. Aiyash to join hunger strike in D.C. calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza 
A Michigan legislator will be among five state lawmakers from across the country participating in a hunger strike while demanding a permanent ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. House Majority Floor … more
|
Gun violence as a public health crisis explored by U.S. Senate Democrats
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats on Tuesday discussed how to treat gun violence as a public health crisis, in hopes of building upon last year’s federal gun safety … more
|
Michigan State basketball gets back on track with a commanding victory over Georgia Southern
The Michigan State men’s basketball team (3-3) returned to the Jack Breslin Student Events Center to face off against out-of-conference foe Georgia Southern Eagles (0-6). Michigan State took the … more
|
Tentative deal announced in 11-week strike by Blue Cross Blue Shield workers
A little over a week after ratifying contracts with the Detroit Three automakers, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union announced on Tuesday it had reached  a tentative agreement with Blue Cross Blue … more
|
More states strive to make parks, trails accessible to people with disabilities
TWO HARBORS, Minn. — Perched high on rugged cliffs overlooking Lake Superior, Split Rock Lighthouse dominates the shoreline. Visitors from across the country make the 113-year-old beacon one of the … more
|
Climate grief and the stark choice that confronts us
If the five stages of grief are denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance, Americans can be found at all points along the continuum when it comes to global climate change and the … more
|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 … 84 | Next »
Currently viewing stories posted within the past year.
For all older stories, please use our advanced search.

Connect with us

Advertise
Contact Us
© Copyright 2023 City Pulse | Privacy Policy
Powered by Creative Circle Media Solutions