Lansing opened its new election office at 1221 Reo Road Thursday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony. Formerly an elementary school, the Reo Voting Center is one of two places where voters can cast early …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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1/23/24
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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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Sportswriter Roland Lazenby’s new biography of Earvin “Magic” Johnson reminded me of one of the best pieces of journalism ever written, “Frank Sinatra Has a Cold.” In 1966, Gay Talese, on assignment for Esquire magazine, wrote a major profile of the Rat Pack legend without ever talking to him, instead opting to talk to his friends.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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1/18/24
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Dear Readers,
I’m Maggie George, the political correspondent at the Michigan Information and Research Service and a contributor to City Pulse.
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By Maggie George
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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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Greater Lansing endured its first major winter storm of the season, with roughly 6 inches of snow Friday and Saturday. Most school districts canceled classes, just before the National Weather …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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1/16/24
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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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FRIDAY, Jan. 12 — Snow, followed by kids on sleds.
That’s the weather prediction for this weekend. And if holds true, local governments say they will be prepared.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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1/11/24
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When residents of East Lansing’s Glencairn Neighborhood found the house at 921 Sunset Lane listed on Airbnb without a proper city license, they rallied and had it taken down.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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1/11/24
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Ever heard of Dean Phillips? He’s that congressman from Minnesota. The one who’s challenging President Joe Biden in the Democratic primary. Name ring a bell?
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By KYLE MELINN
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1/11/24
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Because of the holiday season, Rewind has been in hiatus since the Dec. 20 issue. Here’s a look at what made news in Greater Lansing over the last three weeks:
On Dec. 15, the MSU …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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1/11/24
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 10 — In a contentious meeting last night that lasted for four and a half hours, the East Lansing City Council voted 4-1 against a resolution calling for a ceasefire in Gaza.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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1/10/24
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MONDAY, Jan. 8 — 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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Berl Schwartz
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1/8/24
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FRIDAY, Jan. 5 — With the candidate filing deadline for the Lansing Charter Revision Commission just 18 days off, only seven people have done so.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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1/5/24
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 3 — The new year is ringing in the end of an era for Gabriels Community Credit Union.
MSU Federal Credit Union’s acquisition of the small thrift institution …
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TYLER SCHNEIDER AND BERL SCHWARTZ
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1/3/24
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Developer Harry Hepler is claiming $22 million in damages from alleged legal malpractice in a lawsuit against Loomis, Ewert, Parsley, Davis & Gotting, the prominent Lansing law firm that went out of business last month.
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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12/21/23
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Seven candidates for East Lansing City Council raised a cumulative $139,407 for their campaigns — $66,328 of it going to Kerry Ebersole Singh, per the post-general election campaign finance documents published this month.
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By MAGGIE GEORGE
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12/21/23
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