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Michigan’s two major political parties took two entirely different roads to get to their new chairs, whom delegates elected last week in Detroit.
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By Kyle Melinn
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2/26/25
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As an African American, I get uneasy when government and business are in bed together because of history.
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By DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER
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2/26/25
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When Stevens T. Mason was the boy governor of Michigan in 1837, transportation was the big issue — besides whether we or Ohio would get Toledo.
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By Kyle Melinn
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2/19/25
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor is for sure running for a third term, but the question remains who will run against him.
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By KYLE MELINN
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2/12/25
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As we ponder our downtown these days, most of us think of government offices (drastically reduced by the exodus of 30,000 state workers since COVID);
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By JOAN NELSON
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2/5/25
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I could spend this week’s entire column on the behind-the-scenes jockeying over who will succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Gary Peters.
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By Kyle Melinn
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2/5/25
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Well, we weren’t expecting this one. U.S. Sen. Gary Peters pulled a surprise on Michigan Tuesday, announcing that he’s retiring well before you’d think his time had come.
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By Kyle Melinn
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1/29/25
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Let’s not tire too quickly of our New Year’s resolutions for 2025: Lose 10 pounds. Go to the gym. Loathe Trump.
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By DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER
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1/29/25
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Kyle Melinn’s article in the Jan. 15, 2025, issue of City Pulse falls short of basic journalistic standards.
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The state government nerds in town can’t wait to see what happens with this one.
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By Kyle Melinn
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1/22/25
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Shouldn’t we be taking a break from politics?
Yes. 2024 was exhausting, but we got our break. The world doesn’t stand still, and there are many questions going into the new year.
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By Kyle Melinn
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1/8/25
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Curious about what 2025 will bring to Lansing neighborhoods?
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By JOAN NELSON
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1/1/25
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We’re all done with 2024. You don’t need a calendar to tell us that.
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By Kyle Melinn
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1/1/25
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Before we get too deep into how the state House completely imploded in the final days of its lame-duck session and how the Senate stayed up for 29 straight hours to pass what they could, let’s …
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By Kyle Melinn
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12/26/24
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The temptation in a year-end review is to remember only the last quarter, October, November and December.
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By DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER
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12/26/24
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Michigan House Republicans walked off the floor in the middle of lame duck last week in protest over something that’s not remotely partisan.
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By Kyle Melinn
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12/18/24
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What was U.S. Transportation Department Secretary Pete Buttigieg doing in Monroe on Monday?
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By Kyle Melinn
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12/11/24
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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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