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Local emcee Jahshua Smith weighs in on the state of hip-hop in Lansing

As far as hip-hop goes in the state of Michigan and throughout the country, I wholeheartedly believe that a collection of the greatest voices to ever represent the genre were born in Lansing, or have …

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Team work makes the dream work

I have the pure joy of working with someone full time on my staff who just celebrated her 97th birthday. Full time and three years shy of a century. In fact, she often arrives unannounced on her day …

Legal Online Gambling in Michigan

Michigan’s gambling landscape is undergoing a truly unprecedented transformation, and by the end of next year, both legal sports betting and online casinos will be open for business statewide.

Custom framing in Old Town

Everyone is welcome to come in and play, see what they like, what they don’t, and we can work from there. This is the direction I take with my customers when they want their picture …

Nose! Face! Spite!

It’s right up there with Crunchy v. Creamy and Hufflepuff v. Jigglypuff: Saving money v. Adequate coverage. Auto insurance, as you might have noticed is (figuratively) criminally expensive in …

Adult Literacy Facts: Health, gender equality, poverty

Every important social issue is impacted by low literacy. When individuals learn how to read, write, do basic math, and use computers, they have the power to lift themselves out of poverty, lower …

Let’s talk about life insurance

You gotta life, right? Pretty keen on it too, yeah? So here’s the thing. What if you lose it? Seriously …  all of a sudden it’s gone.

Quality jewelry is worth the investment

Let’s talk expensive. Really, everybody knows that jewelry is, like, the most expensive thing on the planet. But it is often made of some of the rarest stuff on earth.

Be a part of someone’s success story by volunteering as a GED and literacy tutor

If you are reading this, with as little of a donation of time you can be part of raising literacy and opportunity for the underserved members of Lansing’s community.

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