When Ben Shuldiner took over as superintendent of the Lansing School District in 2021, he knew his work was cut out for him.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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3/14/24
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WEDNESDAY, March 13 — Faced with public concern about safety in Lansing, Mayor Andy Schor proposed last night hiring 15 additional police officers with funds he is hoping the state legislature …
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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3/13/24
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Lansing voters will decide on May 7 which nine of 36 candidates will serve on the Charter Revision Commission.
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2/28/24
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MONDAY, Feb.26 — The developers of the $228 million New Vision Lansing plan for downtown housing have dramatically reduced the number of units of “workforce” residences the project would include. …
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Berl Schwartz and Tyler Schneider
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2/26/24
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Some westside Lansing residents are concerned about a city proposal to remove the tree-covered islands on Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard between Ionia and Lenawee streets.
“It’s …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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2/22/24
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Jose Saramago’s novel “Blindness” imagines a world where suddenly everyone went blind. The world descended into chaos; people misbehaved, and violence dominated. It was not a pretty picture.
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By LESLIE WOLCOTT
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2/22/24
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For years, Lansing officials have been trying to redevelop the site of the old Fisher Body Plant, a General Motors factory on the city’s west side that was closed in 2005 and largely demolished two years later.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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2/15/24
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TUESDAY, Feb. 13 — In front of a packed chamber, Lansing’s City Council voted 7-0 last night to pass a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
Lansing became the seventh city in …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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2/13/24
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Lansing has long been touted as an affordable place to live. In 2018, it was listed as the nation’s best affordable city by Livability.com, which cited the average price of rent at the time as $734.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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2/8/24
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 7 — For months, Lansing residents have flooded the public comment portion of City Council meetings asking it to pass a resolution calling for a permanent ceasefire in Gaza.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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2/7/24
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TUESDAY, Feb. 6 — A federal lawsuit claims that Ingham County Clerk Barb Byrum and her husband used political influence to get their son reinstated to Mason schools after he was expelled for allegedly sexually assaulting …
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Berl Schwartz
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2/6/24
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FRIDAY, Feb. 2 — Black women are subjected to "pet to threat," a prominent African American historian and author agreed yesterday as she kicked off a Black History Month lecture series at Michigan State University.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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2/2/24
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On Jan. 18, business owners in the Eastwood Towne Center received calls from a phone number that matched that of the Lansing Township Police Department.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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2/1/24
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Joan Bauer thought she was through with politics.
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1/25/24
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MONDAY, Jan. 22 — The former Gabriels Community Credit Union will still close on Feb. 29 — but will reopen with a video teller and ATM for banking and a community facility that will offer …
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Berl Schwartz
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1/22/24
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SATURDAY, Jan. 20 — Trustees at Lansing Community College will review applications Monday night of candidates to fill two board openings.
LCC spokeswoman Marilyn Twine declined yesterday …
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Tyler Schneider
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1/20/24
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THURSDAY, Jan. 18 — Plans are advancing to move Lansing’s City Hall to the historic Masonic Temple building.
Announced in September by Mayor Andy Schor, the proposal to purchase the …
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Tyler Schneider
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1/18/24
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As blizzard conditions blanketed the Lansing area Friday night, three Michigan State University students sat cross-legged and sprawled on the floor of the Islamic Center of East Lansing, waiting for a bus to take them to a Washington, D.C., protest the next day.
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BY DANI JAMES
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1/18/24
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Gabriels Community Credit Union’s 2,700 eastside Lansing customers will be looking for a new banking location as a result of its takeover by the MSU Federal Credit Union.
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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1/18/24
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MONDAY, Jan. 15 — Over 1,500 people went to the Lansing Center today to see Ruby Bridges, the first Black child to integrate an all-white elementary school in the South in 1960.
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1/15/24
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