Lansing Mayor Andy Schor has followed through on his promise to register his fundraising account for “incidental expenses” with the Internal Revenue Service.

The rain caused a slow start to the day, but that didn’t quell the spirits of a small coalition of students from proceeding with their mission to create a day of healing to raise awareness of sexual assault on campus.

A recent state-commissioned report found blood tests to determine whether someone recently smoked weed to be an inadequate measure of impairment. Still, many area public and private employers are using those same tests on their staff — and firing employees who test positive for THC.

“Nobody’s Fool,” the new graphic novel by Bill Griffith, creator of the Zippy the Pinhead comic strip, is the true story of Schlitzie, a child-like “pinhead” who is sheltered and exploited by turns in a lifelong series of traveling freak shows. It’s also a psychological and historical Rosetta Stone that decodes Griffith’s own life’s work, five decades of Dada-esque comics that often baffle and annoy casual readers. Griffith talked with City Pulse about the genesis of “Nobody’s Fool,” the real-life Schlitzie’s relationship with the fictional Zippy,

A lawsuit against the popular eastside beanery Strange Matter Coffee Co. has been dismissed and its owner is happy about the outcome. 

Legal in Michigan since June 2018, the CBD oil industry is blossoming from hemp farmers cashing in on a new crop to veterinarians prescribing the oil to ease a dog’s final days. There are stories of CBD (short for cannabidiol) being used to treat depression, anxiety, chronic pain and even low libido.

Last week, we sat down with Wharton Center director Michael Brand and his staff to preview Wharton’s 2019-20 season. As usual, a full slate of music, dance and unclassifiable extravaganzas are in the works, but an invigorated Broadway series is leading the way.

Trump is frustrated at his own fecklessness — at his inability to stop migrants from fleeing poverty and violence in Central America, at his failure to fulfill a campaign promise and build a wall, at the legal and institutional impediments that serve as a check on his power.

Jeff Wood can relate to Pete Buttigieg. They are both gay Midwesterners and both married to educators. On Sunday, Wood opened his westside Lansing home for one of about 400 house parties around to country to view the South Bend, Indiana, mayor’s live-streamed presidential announcement.

Before Mike Mackey started as chief of the Lansing Fire Department last week, he oversaw a department that covered nearly 1.5 million residents over 1,800 square miles in Palm Beach County, Florida.

A Hollywood director returns to his hometown to premiere the first feature film made by his independent production company. The next day, a local artist gets a second chance to actualize her vision for a concert series that marks her years of activism. The stage is set for the Capital City Film Festival to break barriers in the film industry while heralding new voices in Lansing’s arts and culture scene.

Being trapped in a closed room for three hours with your worst fears is a staple of horror movies. It also sums up Lansing-born violinist Melissa White’s experience playing solo violin on the soundtrack of Jordan Peele’s critically acclaimed horror movie “Us.”