Two more local Democrats, state Sen. Sarah Anthony and state Rep. Julie Brixie, are considering a run for Congress, they said Friday. That brings to four the number of elected Democrats in Greater …
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Todd Heywood and Berl Schwartz
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3/4/23
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FRIDAY, March 3 — Following Lansing Mayor Andy Schor’s announcement yesterday that he has formed an exploratory committee to run for the 7th district congressional seat, one Democrat …
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Todd Heywood
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3/3/23
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THURSDAY, March 2 — Lansing Mayor Andy Schor announced today he is exploring a run for Congress for the House seat that U.S . Rep. Elissa Slotkin will vacate in order to run for the U.S. Senate. ...
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Todd Heywood and Berl Schwartz
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3/2/23
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In a sweep of 47 red-tagged properties in the city’s 1st Ward, Lansing code officials and law enforcement have identified 13 red-tagged properties where people were living in violation of the …
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Todd Heywood
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3/2/23
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This two-story home sits on a large parcel of land, surrounded by a fence. Its southern side is completely covered with plywood. On the northern side, plywood covers some of the windows …
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Todd Heywood
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3/2/23
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Victor Cager has been running his thrift stores in Logan Square for two years now. He’s seen businesses come and go. One of his stores sells everything for a dollar. At the other …
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Todd Heywood
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3/2/23
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LANSING – New dollars distributed to groups fighting substance abuse can be used to purchase strips that test whether drug dealers cut heroin or other street drugs with often-deadly …
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Judy Putnam
Capital News Service | 2/25/23 |
In 2021, Lansing Community College locked down its downtown campus buildings. Access was limited to those holding a card issued to students, faculty and staff. LCC made the quiet move, “in response to fewer people in the …
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2/23/23
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Growing up in Lansing, Ingham County Register of Deeds Derrick Quinney has seen racism on multiple levels — from neighbors, from the state and from laws that told his family where they were and were not allowed to live. …
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Trevor Hubert
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2/23/23
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The historic planted islands in the Westside Neighborhood will be restored following sewer work next year, thanks largely to two grants to the city of Lansing. But residents, who fought to save the islands, are not out of the woods yet ...
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Todd Heywood
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2/23/23
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“This world’s a ship on its passage out; and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow,” Herman Melville wrote in “Moby Dick.” A growing group of faith …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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2/23/23
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For years, lack of outdoor equity has been something the Department of Natural Resources has been trying to resolve. “Access hasn’t changed, but what has changed is what we are working to have, recreational space across Michigan closer to people’s homes” …
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Cameron Evans
Capital News Service | 2/21/23 |
FRIDAY, February 17 —- The Shiawasee County Board of Commissioners voted Thursday night to refuse to release the personnel file of Douglas Chapman. The move was in response to an appeal of a …
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Todd Heywood
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2/17/23
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FRIDAY, Feb. 17 — As thousands took part in a vigil at Michigan State University to remember the victims of Monday’s mass shooting, the Eaton County Board of Commissioners voted 8-7 along party lines Wednesday against a resolution that called for comprehensive gun legislation …
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Todd Heywood
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2/17/23
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City officials are preparing to charge property owners with criminal misdemeanors misdemeanors for allowing people to live in red-tagged housing.
“We’re ready,” City Attorney Jim Smiertka said Monday night …
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Todd Heywood
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2/16/23
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The building that houses The Junction, a recently opened music and event venue, formerly housed, to the best of my knowledge, The Brass Monkey, Wayside bar, Sparty’s Night …
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Lizy Ferguson
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2/16/23
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WEDNESDAY, Feb. 15 — Joseph Sadlak, who admitted to killing Clinton "Billy" Decker in a brutal 2018 murder in Oneida Township has accepted a plea bargain with prosecutors. He faced …
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Todd Heywood
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2/15/23
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As soon as the MSU alert system notified Shelby Avey and her roommate of an active shooter on campus, they locked the door to their Brody Hall dorm room and shut off the lights. The duo followed …
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Todd Heywood, Sam Blatchford and Sophie Brandt
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2/14/23
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Michigan has had its fair share of warm weather days this winter. That leaves many dog owners with yards and lawns to clean up, and some of them are relying on pet waste removal services …
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Samuel Blatchford
Capital News Service | 2/14/23 |
Michigan schoolchildren may be at risk of going hungry due to the federal government eliminating funding for free meals in public schools after the pandemic.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is now pushing a …
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Sophia Brandt
Capital News Service | 2/14/23 |