Large demand for absentee ballots kicks off primary voting
Ballots are out and the votes are already trickling in — even though the election is still a month away. Over 22,000 ballots were sent out on Friday for Lansing’s Aug. 5 primary …
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Mayoral candidates differ on firefighters, vacancies and old Eastern
A controversial choice to hike retired firefighters’ insurance premiums according to the Schor administration’s reading of a 2013 collective bargaining agreement, unfunded vacancies that …
Council candidates sound off about funded vacant jobs
City Pulse asked all 13 candidates who will appear on the August ballot — 10 at-large and three 4th Ward candidates — about the vacancy factor in Lansing’s budget. Mayoral …
How Council candidates propose to fix the damn roads and sidewalks
Even as the city has prioritized funding for roads and sidewalks, the budget has remained slim compared to the number of in-need areas. City Pulse asked all Council candidates on the August ballot …
Council candidates sound off about old Eastern’s demolition, from ‘bah’ to ‘meh’
When University of Michigan Health-Sparrow demolished the historic Eastern High School as part of a plan to build a mental health facility on its grounds, some bemoaned a lack of preservation ethic …
Downtown Lansing Inc. launches its fifth Middle Village cohort
Ten years ago, Britt Houze designed a tattoo he never ended up getting. “I chickened out,” he said. But he liked the design — the words “I am me” styled as a vision …
Fix the damn sidewalks: Lansing’s are as bad as the roads
One minute, Linda Gonzales was enjoying a beautiful Saturday in June as she walked to a mailbox along Jolly Road in south Lansing. The next, she was on the ground with a broken wrist. The …
More than gathering spots: Lansing’s third places
As someone who enjoys tinkering with bikes and fixing things around the house, Scot Wright has watched craftspeople do “some pretty amazing things” on YouTube. But four months ago, …
La Mulata brings authentic Cuban cuisine to the south side
Trucking company owners Yasmin Lopez and Juan Jose Alejandrez bought Lansing’s old Elks lodge not for the building itself, but for the acre of empty space behind it. By the time they …
‘Joyful resistance’: Thousands rally at Capitol for No Kings protest
On the heels of violent protests around the U.S., Lansing activists threw a carnival. Several thousand rallied on the Capitol grounds beginning at noon Saturday as part of the nationally …