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Rebecca Bahar-Cook took to Facebook at 4 p.m. Nov. 6, conceding defeat.
Michigan’s 83 counties had reported their unofficial election night results to the Bureau of Elections. Bahar-Cook, …
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By Kyle Melinn
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12/4/24
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In wrapping up 2024, I’d like to share the latest on a year-long effort supported by housing and neighborhood civic groups
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By JOAN NELSON
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12/4/24
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Lansing’s east side has lost big old trees lining Michigan Avenue. Torn up by bulldozers, it’s all in the name of progress, fixing ancient sewers and raunchy roads.
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For anybody who thought a vote for Donald J. Trump on Nov. 5 was a vote for prosperity or respect for life,
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By DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER
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11/27/24
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House Minority Leader Matt Hall, R-Marshall, shook up Lansing last week with his plan to reshuffle $2.7 billion in the state’s roads budget.
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By Kyle Melinn
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11/27/24
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It’s lame duck time in Lansing — that special time of year lawmakers love to hate … until it’s their bills they want passed.
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By KYLE MELINN
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11/20/24
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(The writer is a longtime Ingham County commissioner and founder of Practical Political Consultants.)
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By MARK GREBNER
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11/20/24
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Like many progressives, we’re still licking our wounds after the devastating Kamala Harris loss and the nationwide Democratic electoral collapse that has put Trump and MAGA Republicans in charge of The White House and both houses of Congress.
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11/20/24
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With all these winners and losers in this week’s edition of City Pulse, here is my personal list of winners and losers from the 2024 election cycle.
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By KYLE MELINN
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11/13/24
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Every quadrant of Lansing has an agrihood, where urban farmers grow crops to sell at 20 mid-Michigan’s farmers markets. Or to restaurants. Or to the Eastside Lansing Food Co-op, a neighborhood grocery store that prioritizes locally grown foods.
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By JOAN NELSON
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11/6/24
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Capital Area District Libraries’ leadership is considering moving its downtown branch out of the Clarence H. Rosa Library and into a different space within the surrounding blocks. Director Jenny Marr
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By DAVID MCCARTHY
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11/6/24
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Back when Todd Cook was a young staffer for U.S. Rep. Bob Carr, D-East Lansing, an MSU professor named Jim Anderson sent a package to Carr’s Washngton office.
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By Kyle Melinn
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11/6/24
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Politicians go to great lengths to convince us they’re the right person to represent us. They run folksy television ads, record topical videos on social media, and send countless mail …
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10/30/24
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The story about Trump University was in all the papers. Trump “faculty” standing over students as they filled out their “course evaluations.”
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By SANDRA SEATON
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10/30/24
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With 84 million voters, American white women are the largest voting block in the U.S. today. To quote the Virginia Slims cigarette commercial, “You’ve come a long way, baby!
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By DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER
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10/30/24
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As cataclysmic as the prospect of a second Donald Trump or a Kamala Harris presidency may seem to you, either one is better than blood on the streets.
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By Kyle Melinn
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10/30/24
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(The writer is the Democratic mayor of Lansing.)
With all the ridiculous things he’s said, it might have been easy to miss that Donald Trump actually did lay out his plan for the future of …
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ANDY SCHOR
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10/29/24
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I was the executive director of the Michigan Republican Party, back during a time when the GOP embraced values like fiscal discipline and a strong foreign policy.
I voted for Nikki …
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Excuse me a minute. I’m tweeting that Donald Trump is flying into Traverse City’s airport Friday evening for another rally.
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By Kyle Melinn
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10/23/24
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Michigan workers are on the move. Last year, UAW members won a game-changing strike against the Big 3 automakers, and UPS workers won a historic contract by mobilizing for a nationwide strike.
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By DONALD LEPARD
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10/23/24
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