The day last month that Curtis Hertel Jr. stepped down as Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s legislative liaison — soon after steering an enormous $81 billion budget through the Legislature — Tom Barrett told the Capitol news service MIRS, “If I was responsible for that budget, I would have resigned, too.”
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By KYLE MELINN
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7/13/23
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The Race for the 7th congressional district is joined
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7/13/23
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Curtis Hertel Jr. has boxed up his Capitol office and is heading home.
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By KYLE MELINN
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7/13/23
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When Jessy Gregg decided to run for the East Lansing City Council in 2019, she had no idea the tumultuous ride she was in for.
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Todd Heywood
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7/13/23
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WEDNESDAY, July 10 —- Lansing’s Starlight Dinner Theatre has signed controversial director Guy Sanville, former artistic director of the Purple Rose Theater in Chelsea, to direct two …
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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7/12/23
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The first of what likely will be at least two suits has been filed in federal court against Lansing Community College over a data breach that may have involved more than 750,000 students, staff and …
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Berl Schwartz
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7/12/23
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FRIDAY, July 7 — Lansing and Detroit Police Department officials blamed today the Michigan State Police for providing incorrect information that led to an inaccurate news story yesterday …
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Todd Heywood
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7/7/23
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FRIDAY, July 7 — Lansing and Detroit Police Department officials blamed today the Michigan State Police for providing incorrect information that led to an inaccurate news story yesterday …
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Todd Heywood
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7/7/23
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THURSDAY, July 6 — The search for Wynter Cole-Smith of Lansing was hampered when the Detroit Police Department refused a request from the Lansing Police Department to check out a location where …
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Todd Heywood
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7/6/23
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Absentee ballots are already in the mail in Lansing for the Aug. 8 primary election, when voters will decide the nominees who will face each other in November’s general election to determine …
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Todd Heywood
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7/6/23
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An FBI search is underway for a 2-year-old Lansing girl that authorities believe was kidnapped after her abductor stabbed the child’s mother. A suspect was arrested, but Wynter Cole Smith was …
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Berl Schwartz
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7/5/23
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Lansing knew Ken Beachler for his work with the arts — whether for willing the Wharton Center into existence, helping rescue the Lansing Symphony Orchestra, sharing his encyclopedic knowledge …
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Todd Heywood
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6/29/23
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Dan Olsen’s phone started to blow up on the evening of Feb. 13 as a gunman was loose on the campus of Michigan State University. He rushed to the emergency operations center on campus, where he …
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Todd Heywood
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6/29/23
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It took almost eight years to realize I was a bigot. When I was just starting out in my journalism career, one of my first published stories was a 2015 feature about my sister, Lindsay, coming out …
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Josh Champlin
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6/29/23
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Lowcroft Avenue is a quaint neighborhood of generally well-kept homes and yards in south Lansing. So, the overgrown property at 3422 Lowcroft is a striking eyesore. From a front porch and entry …
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6/29/23
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WEDNESDAY, June 28 — City of Lansing officials broke ground this morning on the Ovation downtown performing arts center and announced a $1 million, five-year partnership with Michigan State …
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By TODD HEYWOOD and BERL SCHWARTZ
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6/28/23
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Residents in Lansing’s Westside Neighborhood were rattled early Thursday when gunfire erupted shortly before 1 a.m. Lansing police spokesperson Jordan Gulk is said officers responded to the 100 …
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Josh Champlin
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6/27/23
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FRIDAY, June 23 — The court-ordered receiver of marijuana businesses MD Industries and Rehbel Industries has agreed to sell the businesses, including their three marijuana licenses, for $2.25 …
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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6/23/23
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The iconic, century-old Moores Park swimming pool in Lansing could be restored if a $6.2 million line item in the proposed state budget survives.
“I’m fighting for funding in this …
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Todd Heywood
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6/22/23
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The family of one of the three students killed in the Feb. 13 mass shooting at Michigan State University filed a notice of intent to sue the school. The notice is required under state law to file a …
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Nicole Noechel
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6/20/23
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