WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13 —The historic Masonic Temple on Capitol Avenue will be the home of Lansing’s new City Hall if the City Council approves, the Schor administration will announce today. …
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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9/13/23
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Imagine that our beloved Lansing area was visited by friendly aliens from a distant world. Imagine they had a chance to experience, from a completely unbiased perspective, the very best Lansing has to offer …
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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9/13/23
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MSU suspended head football coach Mel Tucker without pay Sunday, following reports that he sexually harassed a rape survivor. The alleged victim, Brenda Tracy, is a national advocate for sexual …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/13/23
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THURSDAY, Sept. 7 — The City Rescue Mission is looking to expand with a new homeless shelter in two buildings on Kalamazoo Street near the Capitol Complex.
“We’ve been …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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9/7/23
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Michigan State University’s Facility for Rare Isotope Beams regularly collaborates with artists of all types, hosting dance performances, concerts and visual art exhibitions, but it’s …
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By NICOLE NOECHEL
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9/7/23
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The damages from the Aug. 24 storm and tornado are expected to be the most expensive in Greater Lansing’s history. Early estimates place projected government costs in the tens of millions …
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9/5/23
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Just after 9:40 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 24), an EF-2 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 125 miles per hour struck Greater Lansing, resulting in two confirmed deaths in Ingham County being tallied among the five statewide casualties that were reported over the weekend.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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8/31/23
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The race to select a Democrat to run for Debbie Stabenow’s seat in the U.S. Senate is shaping up, in part, as progressive vs. moderate. The moderate is Elissa Slotkin, who is in her third term in the U.S. House representing Greater Lansing. At least two of her opponents, Hill Harper and Pamela Pugh, are making a point of running to her left. The Democratic primary is still almost a year away, but the race is very much in motion.
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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8/31/23
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It takes a second to blink off the noonday glare of downtown Lansing and adjust to the butterscotch glow of the historic Atrium Building on Washington Square.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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8/31/23
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The City of Lansing welcomed the promise of a major infusion of money last month for three proposals totaling $86 million that are earmarked in Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s $81.7 billion budget for the new fiscal year, which begins in October.
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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8/24/23
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The Lansing Housing Commission is going ahead with plans for a $22.5 million mixed-use and mixed-income income apartment building in the heart of downtown Lansing after receiving a state tax credit, the commission’s executive director said.
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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8/17/23
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Dear readers:
I was sitting on my first porch editing the next print edition of City Pulse when a Fed Ex delivery truck pulled up.
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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8/17/23
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When he was 14, Adam Hussain witnessed a gun homicide in Risdale Park, along Pleasant Grove Road in south Lansing. He and his friends were on foot to a basketball court when a man arrived in a cab. The man got out of the car and began shooting at the court. One man was killed.
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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8/17/23
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THURSDAY, Aug. 10 — The state of Michigan has awarded the Lansing Housing Commission a $1.497 million tax credit toward a proposed $22.5 million mixed-use housing project in the heart of …
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TODD HEYWOOD
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8/10/23
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THURSDAY, Aug. 10 — Republican congressional candidate Tom Barrett is soliciting signatures and funds from people to stand against the “woke” mob he alleges is trying to …
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TODD HEYWOOD
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8/10/23
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Thursday morning, a fabulous scene out of Ovid’s “Metamorphoses” played out in a cluttered motorcycle shop in St. Johns, north of Lansing.
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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8/10/23
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Tabitha Castilla watched her two daughters roll down the sidewalks on Stafford Street in south Lansing on their hoverboards and smiled.
“I love that they can be out here and play like this …
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By TODD HEYWOOD
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8/10/23
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MONDAY, Aug. 7 — Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin was one of only two Democrats to vote for a Republican measure widely seen as targeting the potential display of gay Pride flags at military …
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8/7/23
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FRIDAY, Aug. 4 — U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin is no longer a registered voter in the 7th Congressional District, which she was elected to represent nine months ago. Slotkin, a Democrat, moved out of her Lansing rental and changed her voter registration to Holly, which is in the 9th Congressional District.
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KYLE MELINN
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8/4/23
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FRIDAY, Aug. 4 —- A local pastor entered at least a grey area last Sunday when he seemed to endorse Lansing City Council candidate Tamera Carter and solicit money for her from his …
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Todd Heywood
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8/4/23
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