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Charter Commissioner Liz Boyd called the Charter Commission a "lovely exercise but very costly."
Lansing charter panel debates requiring a commission vote every 12 years
By TYLER SCHNEIDER WEDNESDAY, Dec. 4 — A key recommendation that could come out of the city of Lansing Charter Commission is amending — and even eliminating — the provision … more
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Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse A volunteer cradles one of 700 turkeys distributed to the community Nov. 23 at LMTS Community Outreach Services in south Lansing.
Helping helpers help
For the dozens of nonprofits that help fill basic needs in greater Lansing and mid-Michigan, the big word in 2024 is “more.” more
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Rep.-elect Ron Robinson, R-Utica
New lawmakers learn from their media experiences
Capital News Service The 2024 election brought many new faces to Michigan’s Legislature.  Four of them say they plan to use backgrounds in media and journalism in their approach … more
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More than 1,000 UM Health-Sparrow employees affiliated under the Michigan Nurses Association union stage an informational picket outside of the Michigan Avenue hospital Nov. 12 to help hasten negotiations for a new contract after their previous agreement ended Oct. 31.
‘Shorthanded’ UM Health-Sparrow nurses consider strike
Leah Rasch worked as a medical surgical nurse at Sparrow Health System for five years before University of Michigan Health acquired it in April 2023. more
Lansing resident James Bell urges City Council members to promote compromises to save the old Eastern High School building from demolition. UM-Sparrow, who owns the property, plans to tear it down to construct a $97 million, 120-bed psychiatric hospital
Residents trying to save old Eastern High School fight on
TUESDAY, Dec. 13 — Efforts to save the old Eastern High School building are still on the table, according to seven speakers at last night’s City Council meeting. more
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Eyesore of the week: 412 E. Cavanaugh Road,
412 E. Cavanaugh Road, Lansing This 723-square-foot, one-bedroom, single-bath home near the intersection of Cedar Street and Cavanaugh Road was hit with seven citations for an overgrown … more
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Former Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero (right) on Tucker Carlson’s Fox News TV show in 2017 after Bernero in essence declared Lansing a sanctuary city by executive order.
Schor standing by Lansing’s ‘sanctuary city’ executive order
As President-elect Donald Trump promises to mobilize mass deportation efforts “on day one,” Lansing Mayor Andy Schor said he supports the city’s existing executive order providing protections for the city’s immigrant population. more
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Leslie McRoberts, head of MSU Libraries’ Special Collections, pulls books to move from the basement of the Main Library to the collections’ new space on the third floor.
MSU Libraries unveils new Special Collections space
Somewhere in heaven, Russel B. Nye, considered one of the fathers of popular culture, is smiling down on his beloved Michigan State University, where he was a professor of English for nearly 40 years. more
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LET’S BOOGIE!
One way to look at it: In 1,531 days (as I write this) he will be gone.  At least with some degree of certainty, although the parallels with 1933 Germany are frightening.  But the Pollyanish among us can start counting. more
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On the election: ‘Headwinds,’ Arab Americans, ineffective messaging
(Matt Grossman is a political science professor and director of the Institute for Public Policy and Social Research at Michigan State University. His interview with City Pulse editor and publisher Berl Schwartz has been edited for clarity and condensed.) more
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Courtesy Gentilozzi Real Estate Winning a $40 million grant as part of $150 million in state support to Lansing area projects in the fiscal 2024-’25 budget was instrumental to the Gentilozzi family’s New Vision Lansing plan, a $270 million project that includes Tower on Grand, shown in this rendering.
Election fallout
Greater Lansing may be on the tail end of a recent funding renaissance seen under the Biden administration and Michigan’s historic Democratic trifecta. more
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Charter Commission attorney Kristen Rewa provides her legal opinion on potential changes to the charter during the commission's Nov. 12 meeting.
Lansing charter commissioners support removing restriction barring candidates with felony convictions from holding public office
WEDNESDAY, Nov. 13 — Lansing Charter Commission members voted unanimously Tuesday to allow some candidates with felony convictions to run for or be appointed to public office.  more
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Our covers from the Sept. 11 nominating round and the Oct. 16 Top Five voting round featured a superhero theme drawn by Dennis Preston. He also created this week’s cover.
Voting results we can all celebrate: The 2024 TOTT winners
After what we’ve all been through with the election, “voting” and anything related to it can bring up a lot of emotions — not all positive and/or community building. more
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The arrest of Delta Township Supervisor Ken Fletcher in August called attention to the work of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, which made 35 arrests in Greater Lansing in 2023 and 31 this year through September.
Experts: ‘People we trust’ target youth for sex
Detective Thomas Gladney’s proclivity for computers helped him rise through the Michigan State Police ranks rather quickly. more
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Eyesore of the week
This 105-year-old, 2,024-square-foot commercial property in Lansing’s Baker-Donora neighborhood was the subject of a City Pulse Eyesore entry just over a decade ago. Today more
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Tyler Schneider/City Pulse Greater Lansing residents rally for their respective parties outside of the Delta Township Administrative Offices Building, 7710 W. Saginaw Hwy., on Monday. Early voting is underway inside.
The other unpredictable race: Delta Township supervisor
The Harris-Trump race be damned: The real question is who will be Delta Township’s supervisor next year. more
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Lawrence Cosentino/City Pulse Joel Ferguson in 2015 outside the old Main Street School near downtown Lansing where he worked as playground director after the Marines and earning an elementary education degree from Michigan State University.
‘A lot of firsts’
Joel Ferguson’s Old Town office suite was packed with cool art, from abstract paintings to traditional African sculpture. A slender ladder carved out of a tree trunk, from the Dogon people of West Africa, rises in the corner of his conference room. more
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Ute von der Heyden
Remembering Ute von der Heyden
Ute von der Heyden, who died recently at 84, was a frequent contributor of theater reviews and arts stories to our pages. more
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Courtesy Historical Society of Greater Lansing Joel Ferguson signing a document in his City Hall office. Ferguson, who died Saturday, was the first Black member of the Lansing City Council.
Remembering Joel Ferguson, from RFK to Engler
Bobby Kennedy and John Engler were bookends in the life of Joel Ferguson. more
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All photos by Raymond Holt Vice President Kalama Harris speaking Friday at the United Auto Workers Local 652 hall in Lansing.
‘We will invest in manufacturing communities like Lansing’
(Vice President Kamala Harris spoke Friday to an invited audience of 200 at the United Auto Workers Local 652 hall on Clare Street in Lansing for about 20 minutes. Here is a lightly edited transcript … more
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