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There is an emotional attachment to old schools. Generations of students may have passed through a particular school; participated in community activities or attended sporting events; or perhaps even worked as a teacher, bus driver or a school cook, as my Mom did for over a decade.
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By JOAN NELSON
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8/7/24
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Remember the Mike Rogers of early 2014? Before our then-8th District congressman said he was hanging up his seat for a radio show microphone?
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8/7/24
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Any number of emotions and ideas whirl in me as I continue to absorb the news about Kamala Harris, a Black American woman now one of two major party candidates to be the next president.
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By DEDRIA HUMPHRIES BARKER
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7/31/24
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(The writer is a professor in the Romance and Classical Studies Department at Michigan State University. A masked gunman broke into his class on Feb. 13, 2023, killing two of his students and injuring five others.)
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By MARCO DIAZ-MUNOZ
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7/31/24
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I disagree with Kyle Melinn’s assertion (July 24) that Democrats are “rolling over democracy” by uniting behind Vice President Kamala Harris as their presidential candidate.
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7/31/24
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My heart sank reading about the possibility of U of M Health Sparrow converting the Eastern High School building into a psychiatric facility.
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7/31/24
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The Lansing area’s hottest Aug. 6 primary race isn’t a national, state or even countywide contest.
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/31/24
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University of Michigan Health–Sparrow is listening.
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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7/25/24
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President Joe Biden’s decision to mercifully abandon his reelection plans came two years too late and has put his Democratic Party in a self-induced crisis.
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/25/24
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Until former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear, the popular parlor game among the national media was listing the Democratic congressional types who were urging President Joe Biden to pass the torch to ... well, anybody else.
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/18/24
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(The writer has lived in the Lansing area for over 35 years. She worked for the state Legislature and for the Michigan Education Association.)
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By Christina Canfield
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7/11/24
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(The writer is president of Preservation Lansing and holds master’s degrees in historic preservation and urban and regional planning from Ball State University. She is also a University of Michigan alumna. She is a Committee to Preserve Historic and Promote Mental Health member.)
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By MARY OLDS TOSHACH
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7/11/24
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Is he out yet? Is she in yet?
Why doesn’t he get out? Why doesn’t she get in?
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/11/24
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I have encouraging news for those of you who have been following the year-long conversation in this column about shared-use housing.
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By JOAN NELSON
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7/4/24
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You might not have caught the irony of the Michigan Senate passing a proclaimed expansion of the state’s open record law the same night it passed the most secretive budget in modern history, but I did.
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/4/24
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Last week, a state representative from Up North named Neil Friske was arrested by Lansing police for allegedly chasing a Deja Vu dancer out of his condo and down Forest Road in Lansing at 2:45 a.m.
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/26/24
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Goodbye to a friend for the last time is always hard. For 20 years or more, my family and I bonded a friendship with a specialty store — simple, organic, fresh products from the aptly named Foods for Living store in Okemos. Foods for Living is a store with a mission to bring good food to the community in a pleasant environment.
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6/26/24
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(Baumer is President/CEO of the Capital Region Community is Moser is President/CEO of the Jackson Community Foundation.)
The nonprofit sector plays a critical role in supporting the …
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By LAURIE STRAUSS BAUMER AND MONICA MOSER
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6/19/24
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“I don’t get the hype around Curtis Hertel,” a colleague told me the other day.
I lost my breath for a minute.
“You don’t remember …
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/19/24
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Bold of Mark C. Criss, head of the City Rescue Mission of Lansing, to outright admit the Mission lies to its residents and its neighbors.
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6/13/24
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