Is Martin Luther King Jr. Day at risk?
Actions by President Donald Trump’s administration in 2025 have sought to minimize Martin Luther King Jr. Day. But Lansing and East Lansing have been officially celebrating the holiday for …
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The incoming Lansing City Council is half Latino, half educators
Mayor Andy Schor is staking much of his third term on Lansing’s future growth as two new council members take office. At a Jan. 1 inauguration ceremony at Impression 5 Science Center, the …
Lansing School District picks new superintendent
Jessica Benavides will be leading the Lansing School District as interim superintendent. Benavides, a Lansing schools veteran, had been the district’s number two as first deputy …
2025 strained many nonprofits but also led to more donations
It’s hard to peg down any one thing about non-profits: There are about 42,000 of them of all sizes in Michigan, covering everything from health care, homelessness and housing to arts and animals. …
Holiday events, markets and shows this weekend in Lansing
There’s a lot to do this weekend besides shoveling snow. Catch a variety of events this weekend throughout Greater Lansing. Starting Friday there are two different sing-along …
Lansing superintendent headed to Seattle
Lansing School District Superintendent Ben Shuldiner is expecting to move to Seattle within months. He has been named as the sole finalist for the same job for Seattle Public Schools and is …
Eyesore of the Week
906 Prospect St., Lansing A red-tagged property at 906 Prospect St. has extensive damage, including parts of the roof that are caved in. The home’s three-car detached garage …
Entertainment returns to Brenke Fish Ladder with the opening of Fish Ladder Music Park
The giant crane he rented wasn’t going to cut it, so muralist Brian Whitfield had to learn how to rappel to paint his latest vision, dangling by ropes above the Grand River this summer. …
New juvenile justice center could be built in south Lansing
A new $40 million Ingham County juvenile justice center, including detention for 24 youths, could be built in south Lansing, a few miles from the current facility. It’s necessary, said …