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When Lori Welch was named Lansing’s sustainability manager in 2020, her first order of business was to create a Sustainability Action Plan —a roadmap to help guide the city in its efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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10/10/24
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Ingham County voters will decide Nov. 5 whether to raise the hotel tax 3%.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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10/10/24
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WEDNESDAY, Oct. 9 — Mayor Andy Schor would like to eliminate General Election races for city positions when the winner in a primary race with more than two candidates surpasses 50% of the vote.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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10/9/24
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Grand Ledge resident Justin Uphold grew up in tiny Waldron, Indiana, where his 1.7 grade-point-average put him near the bottom of his 28-student senior class in 2009.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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10/2/24
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If someone with an extra room in their home gets a call from a longtime family friend or cousin who’s down on their luck, can that person offer the room rent-free until they get back on their feet?
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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10/2/24
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MONDAY, Sept. 30 — The Lansing School District has been a gateway for foreign-born pupils, including refugees, for decades. The district’s 10,000-pupil enrollment includes 2,011 from 72 countries who speak 55 languages, a district official said.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/30/24
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FRIDAY, Sept. 27 — Moving the downtown Lansing branch and executive offices of the Capital Area District Libraries is under “active consideration” because in part of the cost of …
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BERL SCHWARTZ
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9/27/24
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THURSDAY, Sept. 26 — Joyce Draganchuk, chief judge of the Ingham County 30 th circuit court, announced her retirement today, effective Dec. 31, ending two decades on the bench and a 37-year …
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STAFF
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9/26/24
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Like it or not, the Lansing area is, again, ground zero for one of the nation’s most competitive and expensive congressional elections.
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By KYLE MELINN
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9/26/24
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Michigan State University will have two new trustees starting next year. Former Chair Dianne Byrum isn’t running for a third term, and current Chair Dan Kelly failed to win the Republican nomination.
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By Kyle Melinn
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9/26/24
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Ingham County commissioners earmarked $9 million in American Rescue Plan funds to add more “affordable, accessible and sustainable housing” through the Ingham County Housing Trust Fund in April 2022.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/26/24
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When Michiganders voted to legalize recreational marijuana in 2018, Mason was among the 1,300 municipalities that continued to prohibit sales.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/26/24
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WEDNESDAY, Sept. 25 — Lansing appears to be on track to retain its strong-mayor system of government after a majority of the Charter Commission’s nine members indicated a preference to …
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MONDAY, Sept. 23 — “A” is for Azya.
Azya is a former student of Teresa Dunn, an associate painting professor at Michigan State University. Dunn was one of seven artists chosen …
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Tyler Schneider
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9/23/24
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THURSDAY, Sept.19 — The board of the Lansing Art Gallery is seeking pubic input as it looks for ways to reopen after closing for the month because of revenue problems.
"If members of the …
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Staff
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9/19/24
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Lansing Principal Planner Andy Fedewa and his staff completed an internal review of the city’s zoning policies in May.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/19/24
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Capital News Service
LANSING – Michigan restaurateurs have growing concerns about how the state minimum wage and overtime law will change tipped employee’s pay scheme when the …
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By GABRIEL S. MARTINEZ
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9/17/24
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MONDAY, Sept. 16 — Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist helped kick off Lansing’s Hispanic Heritage Month today by noting its importance in a divisive presidential election year.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/16/24
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The Grand Parade at the Charlotte Frontier Days festival Saturday made its first turn onto Cochran Road just as the sun poked out from the clouds. It was the first moment of warmth on the unseasonably cold morning that saw a huge crowd of families eager to grab some free candy.
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By J. Gordon Curtis
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9/12/24
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Smartphones were hardly on his radar when Lansing Eastern High School Principal Marcelle Carruthers began his education career as a teacher at Everett High. Back then, the state still had a law on the books that banned pagers in schools.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/12/24
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