Back in 2006, when the Michigan Democrats last flipped the majority in the state House, the Republican floor leader at the time, Steve Tobocman, sat down with the incoming speaker on how to create a more bipartisanship atmosphere. more

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 … more

With legislative enthusiasm for police divestment continuing to wane in Lansing, Mayor Andy Schor announced plans last week to invest more than $2 million into staffing the Police Department over the next four years and to hire five more entry-level officers in the Capital City. more

Demand for independent senior living facilities is on the rise, with two additional sites undergoing construction in 2022 in Grand Traverse and Washtenaw counties.  more

WEDNESDAY, Oct. 18 — Following months of debate surrounding a proposed affordable housing project in downtown East Lansing, the City Council voted 3-2 last night to reject it.   For … more

When it comes to Ingham County drainage projects, Pat Lindemann is king. more

Two incumbent members of the Clinton County Board of Commissioners, a Democrat and a Republican, are fighting for another two-year term in next month’s primary election. more

The state Capitol is going to feel a lot different in the coming days, and it starts with a 6-foot-high fence around the front. more

This Q&A is part of a daily series highlighting the many medical and recreational marijuana dispensaries across Greater Lansing. more

The minutiae of queer life rarely make it into the Lansing State Journal or other mainstream media. Small everyday details can best be found in sources generated by LGBTQ+ people themselves, and often signal subtle and meaningful changes in the making. more

For employers in the Greater Lansing region, the focus on attracting and retaining talent has been a priority and challenge even before the global pandemic. For the past several years, the annual Lansing Regional Chamber of Commerce membership survey has shown that talent and workforce development is the No. 1 priority for regional businesses. more

Schor sat down with managing editor Kyle Kaminski to look back at his landslide victory and outline his top priorities. Those include plans to curb rising levels of gun violence and to help steer the city through the end of the pandemic. more

But hiding behind this humble country church veneer, critics said, is a loose confederacy of similar minded people. Driven by an idea of life drawn from the pages of the King James version of the Bible, which they believe to the only word of God without error or omission, the leaders of these churches are deities of sorts, who nurture a cult-like sphere of influence prone to extreme sexism, purity constructs, bans on interracial or inter-religious marriages and education that fail to address anything beyond the insular communities in which they live. more

Here is the church. Here is the steeple. Don’t open the doors. There are no people.   more

Two candidates are competing for Lansing Township treasurer. more

“Aston and Jesse were good kids who loved their grandma and their family,” Bernero said. “If they were anything like me as a kid, I’m sure they were not perfect angels. But they are now.” more

Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail said Greater Lansing has largely escaped any anticipated surge in COVID-19 cases tied to holiday gatherings. more

Progress Michigan, a liberal advocacy organization, is accusing advocates behind the Secure MI Vote ballot initiative of pushing a plan that would increase costs for elections and shutter polling locations — including churches that have been used for generations of local voters. more

Greater Lansing could soon follow northern Michigan toward a broader economic reopening than other regions of Michigan hit by the pandemic, officials said. more

Donovan Hohn has been there, part of what he describes as a preoccupation with “trying to make sense of where we are, where I live, by attending to the natural and the human both, by looking at places where the natural and historic overlap.” more