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The murals serve as a reminder to remember George Floyd, and all of the people who were killed by police before him.
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Cole Tunningley
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6/22/20
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A group of local citizens want to tell Lansing Community College: Don’t rush into closing the school station — we might be able to save it.
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Saying that Lansing is 20% African American, the local Black Lives Matter chapter wants that percentage of the Lansing Police Department budget redirected to the needs of the Black community.
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Berl Schwartz and Cole Tunningley
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6/20/20
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A consortium of leaders from Greater Lansing’s African American community are pushing for a new “Black agenda” in Mid-Michigan amid a growing call for racial justice, police reforms and increased social equity in Lansing and across the United States.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/19/20
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Lansing Brewing Company will close for deep cleaning today and plans to reopen tomorrow after a person who tested positive for COVID-19 recently entered the building.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/19/20
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A conservative “American Patriot Rally” at the Capitol tonight had visitors: the civil rights protesters who have been demonstrating for weeks in downtown Lansing.
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COLE TUNNINGLEY and BERL SCHWARTZ
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6/18/20
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor is volunteering for implicit bias training — and mandating the same for his staff — in response to recent accusations of veiled racism that allegedly created a toxic environment at the Mayor’s Office and led to at least three Black employees leaving their jobs.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/18/20
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Public officials are jumping over each other these days with their policing reform ideas.
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Kyle Melinn
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6/18/20
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Three weeks ago, we asked readers to help us honor people and organizations who have emerged as COVID heroes in our community.
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Staff
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6/18/20
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The COVID-19 pandemic blew a hole in Michigan government finances, the likes of which have rarely been seen, and it’s unlikely the governor or state Legislature will be able to balance the budget without cuts to state services and state employee rolls.
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Ari B. Adler
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6/18/20
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In the midst of a national movement geared toward racial justice and police reform, Lansing Mayor Andy Schor rolled out plans today for a more socially equitable future in the capital city.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/16/20
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor outlined today his administration’s plans for dealing with civil rights issues bought to the fore in Lansing after the police killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis
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Staff
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6/16/20
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Score of friends and associates of Brent Knight, who retires at the end of the month as president of Lansing Community College, saluted him today with a surprise car parade on Capitol Avenue.
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Staff
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6/12/20
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Birdsong, 34, has emerged as a vital and unyielding voice in Lansing, leading hundreds in peaceful daily protests at the state Capitol and facing off with Mayor Andy Schor on the mayor’s doorstep.
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Cole Tunningley
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6/11/20
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On Feb. 2, 1996, Edward Swans, a 40-year-old African American man, died while in the Lansing City Jail. He was arrested and shackled after an attempted break-in.
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Bill Castanier
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6/11/20
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Accusations of workplace toxicity and veiled racism against black employees are boiling up again against Lansing Mayor Andy Schor.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/11/20
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Lansing has had enough.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/11/20
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Lansing has to take bold action to address the problem of police violence and support our Black and brown communities.
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The store offers cannabis enthusiasts an extensive variety of recreational marijuana products, including flower, tinctures, concentrates, vapes and edibles. It's online and curbside for now.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/10/20
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Hundreds of protesters marched from the Lansing Center to the Capitol today in a demonstration sponsored by the Michigan NAACP Youth and College Division called “We are done dying.”
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/10/20
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