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Vice President Mike Pence was spotted at the Fleetwood Diner during his busy trip to Mid-Michigan.
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Skyler Ashley
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2/25/20
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The Lansing City Council is expected to tweak a city ordinance to strengthen financial controls and increase oversight on spending within its Human Relations and Community Services Department in light of conflicts-of-interest problems discovered under former executive director Joan Jackson Johnson.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/25/20
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Shirley Mitchner knows that nothing will bring her son back to life after his friends left him to die on the banks of the Grand River in Lansing. She just hopes that others won’t be forced to meet a similar fate.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/25/20
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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Holly), her supporters and a smattering of counterprotesters flooded East Lansing High School tonight for the congresswoman’s State of the District town hall.
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They're all conservative. They all support President Donald Trump and his policies. They all oppose "red flag" policies or any firearm restrictions. They're all anti-abortion. They'll all against Medicare for All and Bernie Sanders'-style "socialism." They're all tough on illegal immigration.
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The Michigan Senate’s rejection of Anna Mitterling to the Natural Resources Commission is the shot heard around Lansing as the start of the 2020 political season in town.
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Kyle Melinn
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2/20/20
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Seven local funding proposals will be on the ballot at next month’s presidential primary election. Everything (as always) could use some extra cash in Ingham County, officials said. But how do voters decide what deserves it? This primary election guide is designed to help in that decision.
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As unfunded costs for pensions and retirement benefits continue to rise, Lansing’s Financial Health Team is warning city officials to stockpile cash into its reserve funds and prepare for difficult financial days ahead.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/20/20
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Few people in the Capital region are unfamiliar with Joan Jackson Johnson, the former director of Lansing’s Human Relations and Community Services Department and a highly regarded advocate for the poor, homeless and downtrodden.
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Staff
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2/20/20
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It’s been two years since I took office as the Mayor of Lansing and we have done so much. The pace is extraordinary, yet rewarding and exciting. I thank the City Pulse for the grade of B in their recent editorial (Feb. 12), and we have much more coming for Lansing!
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Andy Schor
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2/20/20
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As the mother of a murder victim, I can assure you that losing a child to a brutal murder is life-changing, life-shattering and not only to me but to all the members of my family and the victim’s friends
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Karen Jackson
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2/19/20
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At least two billboards for Jay Deez’s Herbs popped up in Lansing within the last few weeks. One in the Stadium District shows a picture of its owner, John Dinaso, along with a tagline for “medical and recreational marijuana” and custom glass pipes.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/19/20
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Mike Bloomberg opened his ninth Michigan campaign office today across Lake Lansing Road from Eastwood Towne Center in Lansing.
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Kyle Melinn
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2/19/20
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The East Lansing Police Department has launched an internal investigation into alleged excessive force after a teenager said officers handcuffed him and tossed him head-first into the pavement outside of a local 7-Eleven.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/18/20
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Nearly $650,000 in state road repair funding and revenue sharing payments are being withheld from the village of Webberville after its officials repeatedly failed to submit annual audits, among other financial missteps.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/17/20
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The city of Lansing has a new director of human relations and community services.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/17/20
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It won’t be an easy feat to replace Joan Jackson Johnson.
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Developers plan to seek tax incentives from the city of Lansing to bulldoze two vacant office buildings on N. Washington Avenue and construct a new downtown headquarters for Michigan Realtors.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/13/20
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The East Lansing Food Co-op’s plan to start a new market to showcase locally produced food and other items is “on life support” because Lansing Township put too many obstacles in the way through the summer and fall of 2019, according to co-op board president Stephen Gasteyer.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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2/13/20
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Doug Barnes has battled with chronic pain for most of his adult life. And his doctor refuses to help him.
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Kyle Kaminski
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2/13/20
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