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New to Greater Lansing, but not so much to the cannabis industry, Bazonzoes Provisioning Center opens tomorrow on Lansing’s north side at 2101 W. Willow St.
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Shauna Stocken
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9/9/20
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Plans were announced today to lease the city-owned building to Detroit developer and turn the cavernous pole barn into a multi-use community hub called the Lansing Shuffleboard & Social Club. The 12-year-old building has been largely empty since 2018, save for the Waterfront Bar & Grill, which fought eviction until last fall.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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9/8/20
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Notably absent? An actual reduction to the Lansing Police Department’s $46.5 million budget.
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The idea behind the policy, Police Chief Daryl Green has said, is to limit unnecessary police contact and curb the disproportionate impact that enforcement has on people of color.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/4/20
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In the midst of a skeletal Welcome Week following Michigan State University’s decision to keep classes entirely online, downtown East Lansing businesses are staring down the prospect of shopping doldrums that extend far beyond the summer months.
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Skyler Ashley and Cole Tunningley
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9/4/20
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Speeders, be warned: The Lansing Police Department will be watching.
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Staff
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9/3/20
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A Lansing man said he’s the victim of a prank that connected him to a “white power” group.
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Berl Schwartz
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9/3/20
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Nearly 400 of the 700 students registered to attend MSU’s College of Law this semester still haven’t received thousands of dollars in federal loans, MSU officials confirmed today. And those students, now in their second week of virtual classes, still don’t have much financial certainty.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/3/20
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Prosecutors will not pursue charges against an East Lansing Police officer who was accused of using excessive force last year against a Black man at a traffic stop.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/3/20
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As classes resume at Michigan State University, downtown East Lansing offered a modified summer look. The vast majority of the student body opted to stay put rather than live on or off campus for their virtual fall semester.
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The old family maintenance business of 8th Congressional candidate Paul Junge paid out $100,000 to three former workers who claimed they were insulted with numerous racial slurs at the workplace and were fired when they complained about it, according to court records.
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Kyle Melinn
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9/3/20
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East Lansing Mayor Aaron Stephens has never seen such a quiet Welcome Weekend at Michigan State University.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/2/20
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The doors are locked at a liquor store on Lansing’s south side where clerks repeatedly sold booze to teenage decoys from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.
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Kyle Kaminski
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8/31/20
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An employee who tested positive for COVID-19 prompted the Lansing School District to delay the upcoming school year from Monday until Sept. 8. But amid a struggle to buy laptops for students, district officials said the delay would have likely happened regardless.
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Kyle Kaminski
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8/28/20
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In an ideal world, Mellema would have every student back in the classroom, but he knows that COVID-19 still poses a very real threat across Michigan.
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Kyle Kaminski
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8/28/20
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Two films honoring the 56th anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. are coming to the Cooley Law School Stadium this weekend.
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Staff
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8/27/20
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A former Lansing fire chief will return to Lansing next month as interim fire chief while officials look for a permanent replacement for Mike Mackey.
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Kyle Kaminski
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8/27/20
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When Joe Prevo Jr. started his Eagle Scout project at 16 years old, he hardly could have imagined that his work would one day bring a community together. It was a simple landscaping project, a flower bed built around a large and stoic, wooden cross. Over the years, it became overgrown and dilapidated.
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Cole Tunningley
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8/27/20
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Strange Matter Coffee & Bakery has closed its downtown Lansing location until either a COVID-19 vaccine is discovered or a more profitable use can be found for the space.
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Kyle Kaminski
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8/25/20
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Charles D. Carey, senior partner at CIG Capital, told City Pulse he wants his firm to get behind a 30-story, mixed-use high rise. Lansing's tallest building, the Boji Tower, is 23 floors.
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Kyle Kaminski
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8/24/20
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