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(The writer is a former East Lansing housing inspector.) East Lansing’s Housing Code Needs Reform Last week, East Lansing City Councilperson Erik Altmann submitted a dark and dire … more
It was spring 1957, and I was a draftee soldier at Fort Eustis, Virginia.  Soon to be released and needing money, I was also a volunteer soldier-waiter at the Officer’s Club. more
After many years, multiple community input sessions and a half-dozen studies, the Michigan Avenue Rehabilitation Project is in full swing.  more
The popular narrative is that if it hadn’t been for Ross Perot in 1992, George H.W. Bush would have won a second presidential term and there wouldn’t have been a Bill Clinton. more
(The writer is a member of the East Lansing City Council.) The City Pulse recently published an article about rental regulations in East Lansing ( … more
Before East Lansing knew of Michigan State basketball coach Tom Izzo (pronounced IZ-o), Lansing had Tom Izzo (pronounced EYE-zo). more
Monday marked the first time the governor and every other state official were required to post on a state website where they and their spouses get their money. more
As a longtime resident of the close-knit Dimondale community, I’ve witnessed the many changes that have come our way over the years. more
(Jill Baker is president of the Grand Pointe Property Owners Association and resides in Dimondale.) As a longtime resident of the close-knit Dimondale community, I've witnessed the many changes … more
Try to find any video, audio or any proof at all that Republican frontrunner Mike Rogers or Democratic frontrunner Elissa Slotkin have engaged in any real debates with their primary opponents in their U.S. Senate races. more
Lansing voters are now receiving absentee ballots for the city’s May 7 special election, in which nine members of the new Lansing Charter Commission will be selected. more
In bringing his road show to Grand Rapids on Tuesday, the opportunistic Donald Trump drove home the murder of 25-year-old Ruby Garcia, whose death, presumably, came at the hands of an undocumented immigrant. more
I recently installed a charger in my garage to accommodate one of my rooming house boarders who drives an electric car. more
Revision is an undeniable part of writing. It’s when the writer sees what they have written and then sees it again. They rethink it. Ideas and purpose become clearer, and sometimes the message changes. more
Lansing needs a new city hall. more
Sunshine Week has mercifully set over the state Capitol. For the next 51 weeks, the media are spared from being reminded how lawmakers enticingly toy with expanding the state’s open record law … only for nothing to change. more
Democrats have launched their latest attempt to connect with middle- and working-class voters in the runup to the 2024 election — the ol’ tried-and-true tax cut. more
First, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer isn’t going to dismiss former Michigan State University Board Chair Rema Vassar or Trustee Dennis Denno based on the findings of an independent law firm charged with looking into their conduct.  more
The MLK reconfiguration project was first sent out for bid in 2023 but received no bids. This would have been an ideal time to involve the community in decision making for this project. more
For six years, Dave Muylle ran into regulatory roadblocks as he chased a dream: a cottage-style housing development on Lansing’s east side. more
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