FRIDAY, Sept. 22 — After interviewing 15 candidates to fill a vacancy, the Lansing School District Board of Education has found a match in Deyanira Nevárez Martínez.
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Tyler Schneider
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9/22/23
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Faced with a dramatic increase in homelessness, the City Rescue Mission of Lansing has been looking for additional shelter space in the downtown area.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/21/23
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“City of a Thousand Suns,” Samuel R. Delany, 1965 ... “City of Illusions,” Ursula K. Le Guin, 1967 ... “City,” Clifford D. Simak, 1952.
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By LUCAS WAYNE ZEIGLER
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9/21/23
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The City Rescue Mission’s potential purchase of the property it hopes to turn into a homeless shelter would notably include the 147-year-old Glaister House, which is on a list of endangered historic properties in Greater Lansing.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/21/23
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FRIDAY, Sept. 15 — East Lansing’s eight at-large candidates for three seats on the City Council are split on a trio of ballot measures set to appear on the Nov. 7 ballot.
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Tyler Schneider
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9/15/23
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The former Masonic Temple at 217 S. Capitol Ave. has been out of use since 2008, but it may soon be the site of Lansing’s new City Hall.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/14/23
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13 —The historic Masonic Temple on Capitol Avenue will be the home of Lansing’s new City Hall if the City Council approves, the Schor administration will announce today. …
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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9/13/23
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Imagine that our beloved Lansing area was visited by friendly aliens from a distant world. Imagine they had a chance to experience, from a completely unbiased perspective, the very best Lansing has to offer …
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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9/13/23
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MSU suspended head football coach Mel Tucker without pay Sunday, following reports that he sexually harassed a rape survivor. The alleged victim, Brenda Tracy, is a national advocate for sexual …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/13/23
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THURSDAY, Sept. 7 — The City Rescue Mission is looking to expand with a new homeless shelter in two buildings on Kalamazoo Street near the Capitol Complex.
“We’ve been …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/7/23
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Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams regularly collaborates with artists of all types, hosting dance performances, concerts and visual art exhibitions, but it’s …
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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9/7/23
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The damages from the Aug. 24 storm and tornado are expected to be the most expensive in Greater Lansing’s history. Early estimates place projected government costs in the tens of millions …
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9/5/23
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Just after 9:40 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 24), an EF-2 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 125 miles per hour struck Greater Lansing, resulting in two confirmed deaths in Ingham County being tallied among the five statewide casualties that were reported over the weekend.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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8/31/23
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The race to select a Democrat to run for Debbie Stabenow’s seat in the U.S. Senate is shaping up, in part, as progressive vs. moderate. The moderate is Elissa Slotkin, who is in her third term in the U.S. House representing Greater Lansing. At least two of her opponents, Hill Harper and Pamela Pugh, are making a point of running to her left. The Democratic primary is still almost a year away, but the race is very much in motion.
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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8/31/23
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It takes a second to blink off the noonday glare of downtown Lansing and adjust to the butterscotch glow of the historic Atrium Building on Washington Square.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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8/31/23
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The City of Lansing welcomed the promise of a major infusion of money last month for three proposals totaling $86 million that are earmarked in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s $81.7 billion budget for the new fiscal year, which begins in October.
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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8/24/23
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The Lansing Housing Commission is going ahead with plans for a $22.5 million mixed-use and mixed-income income apartment building in the heart of downtown Lansing after receiving a state tax credit, the commission’s executive director said.
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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8/17/23
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Dear readers:
I was sitting on my first porch editing the next print edition of City Pulse when a Fed Ex delivery truck pulled up.
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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8/17/23
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When he was 14, Adam Hussain witnessed a gun homicide in Risdale Park, along Pleasant Grove Road in south Lansing. He and his friends were on foot to a basketball court when a man arrived in a cab. The man got out of the car and began shooting at the court. One man was killed.
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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8/17/23
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THURSDAY, Aug. 10 — The state of Michigan has awarded the Lansing Housing Commission a $1.497 million tax credit toward a proposed $22.5 million mixed-use housing project in the heart of …
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TODD HEYWOOD
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8/10/23
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