Every year, the parents of thousands of children who live within the Lansing School District — for one reason or another — decide their kids are better off attending classes outside of the city and away from its public schools, according to Ingham Intermediate School District records.
Next month marks the 50th anniversary of Hash Bash, a now-famous statewide cannabis holiday that was first assembled on April 1, 1972, at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.
Thicker paychecks could soon be en route to elected officials in Lansing following early discussions among the Elected Officers Compensation Commission over recent weeks — including the possibility of a five-figure raise for the mayor and a new car for the city clerk.
On a muggy summer night in the tropical savanna of northern Peru, Barry Richardson and a contingent of fellow U.S. military veterans sat inside a small, dimly lit hut to prepare to enter the spiritual void — each of them on the same mission, but none quite sure what to expect next.
Lansing Mayor Andy Schor’s fifth annual State of the City address was delivered in a virtual format yesterday. Here are a few quick takeaways from his speech.
Lansing City Council President Adam Hussain has decided to withhold hundreds of pages of records involving an alleged sexual assault at the Lansing Fire Department.
Once again, I found myself overwhelmed last month with the massive assortment of dank cannabis products on the shelves across Greater Lansing.
Are you tired of simply reading about me smoking really great marijuana every week? Well, thanks to my new friends over at Sensi Magazine, I now have the ability to show you instead.
The current City Hall, designed by Lansing architects Lee and Kenneth Black, is a 1950s’ period piece with its granite and limestone curtain-wall construction. Moreover, the walls and windows are drafty. Utility systems are dated. The plaza and parking structure beneath it are quickly crumbling away. Calcified stalactites of minerals ooze from the basement walls.
Sorry, stoners. I’m taking this column in a bit of a different direction this week to shed some much-needed light on a statewide ballot proposal that just had its language approved last week by the state’s Board of Canvassers. It’s called the Michigan Initiative for Community Healing.