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State and federal regulators are requiring the Lansing Board of Water & Light to take steps to investigate and address heavy metals and other contaminants that are leaking from toxic coal ash ponds near the Erickson Power Station into groundwater, and possibly into drinking water.
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TOM PERKINS
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1/27/22
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The Ingham County Health Department has tracked about one COVID-19 infection for every five county residents over the last three years of the pandemic.
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Kyle Kaminski
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1/26/22
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These early days of 2022 are an opportune time to look back and assess last year’s press freedom environment in the United States and abroad.
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As a presidential candidate, Joe Biden made a series of energy-related promises, including net-zero emissions by 2050 and the launch of “a national effort aimed at creating the jobs we need to …
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RACHEL DUCKETT
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1/22/22
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Is it fair to call Detroit a food desert? Many people, including researchers, have regarded Detroit as a food desert. Yet the term food desert is no longer correct in describing all of Detroit.
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SAMMY SCHUCK
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1/22/22
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Opioid overdose deaths have increased dramatically among African American and Hispanic populations in the state, according to new data from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services.
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SYDNEY BOWLER
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1/22/22
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Paula Cunningham has retired twice.
“Well, I transitioned twice,” she said.
Cunningham was the president of Lansing Community College then the CEO of Capitol National …
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HOPE O’DELL
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1/22/22
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As local governments wrestle with the question of how to spend their share of American Rescue Plan Act money from Washington, some are earmarking it to improve broadband access and affordability for their residents.
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JACK FALINSKI
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1/22/22
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Each day in Fishtown, a small fishing district in Leland, Amanda Holmes, the executive director of the Fishtown Preservation Society, receives a visit from a local elderly man who grew up in the area and likes to check preservation efforts.
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LINDSAY M. MCCOY
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1/22/22
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Eleven Lansing eastsiders have submitted an application to serve as the appointed replacement for disgraced First Ward Lansing City Councilman Brandon Betz.
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Kyle Kaminski
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1/21/22
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A real estate developer has offered to buy a vacant parcel of city-owned land off West Hillsdale Street.
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A proposed county ordinance would enable off-road vehicles to legally drive on several dozen Eaton County roadways.
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Kyle Kaminski
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1/20/22
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A businessman is having second thoughts about building a parking lot in Lansing.
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Kyle Kaminski
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1/20/22
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Lansing takes its chip dip pretty damn seriously.
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Kyle Kaminski
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1/13/22
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A massive rebuilding of I496 near downtown Lansing will require a two-mile stretch of the highway to be closed off in both directions.
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Kyle Kaminski
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1/13/22
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“I get questions all the time, like, ‘Why can’t we stop this critical race theory business? Why can’t we stop Black Lives Matter?’” Roberts said. “There’s a lot of fear out there.”
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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1/13/22
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Some Dansville residents have concerns after the Village Council quietly sold a parcel of village-owned land to a village employee.
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Kyle Kaminski
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1/12/22
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor took an unannounced trip to Qatar last month.
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Kyle Kaminski
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1/12/22
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One of Lansing’s most legendary taco shops may soon be listed for sale.
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Kyle Kaminski
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1/12/22
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MONDAY Jan. 10 — The Lansing City Council is searching for a person who lives on the city’s east side to replace First Ward Councilman Brandon Betz, who resigned from the job last week to …
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