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Starbuck’s union store hit picket lines in ‘Red Cup Rebellion’

THURSDAY, Nov. 17 --- The snow was flying, cars were honking and Starbucks barista Tristian Gauthier,20,  was watching it all as she spoke with City Pulse this moring about the strike against …

Judge vacates plea deal in neglect, murder case

WEDNESDAY, Nov. 16 — A Lansing man accused of neglecting his adult son with Down’s Syndrome leading to the man’s death has had his plea arrangement with the Ingham County Prosecutor’s Office vacated by Ingham County Circuit Court Judge Rosemarie Aquilina. ...

‘Radical love’ drives activist to assist homeless, drug users

It’s Saturday morning. Julia Miller is in what was the sanctuary of a former church on Lansing’s east side — now The Fledge, a nonprofit community center —  overseeing a …

Eyesore of the Week

642 S. Francis Ave., Lansing: The front door and some windows are covered over with peeling plywood, and the front of the home is overgrown with weeds. The boarded-up front door, and the window next to it, where Lansing Code …

A year in, LCC satisfied with keeping building doors locked

Put this down as more fallout from COVID: Lansing Community College is about to mark the first anniversary of locking up much of its main campus. In a move that is uncommon though not unheard on college campuses, next Tuesday will mark a year since LCC began keeping some buildings locked …

Haslett School Board candidate defends himself from ‘transphobic’ Facebook post

FRIDAY, Nov. 4 — A candidate for the Haslett Board of Education is under fire for a July 2 post on Facebook that is  being blasted as transphobic. Terry Goldberg posted a cartoon on his …

‘Conservative’ Grand Ledge School Board candidates rely on money from Haslett

THURSDAY, Nov. 3 — Three self branded ‘conservative’ candidates for the Grand Ledge School board obtain nearly 25% of their campaign funding from Haslett residents Terry and Valerie …

You be the judge

Toward the bottom of every November election ballot sit the candidates for judges in local courts. These nonpartisan races rarely get headlines because judicial ethics prevent judicial candidates …

‘Fabulation’ stretches for fabulous, returns with good

Good ensemble comedy requires tight timing, connected actors and clear direction. “Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine,” at Riverwalk Theater, stands just on the threshold of …

Gothic fable is moving and surreal

The water-based haze hanging over the stage in Williamston Theater’s production of “The Magnolia Ballet Part 1” begins to transport the audience to an ethereal world where the …