For the dozens of nonprofits that help fill basic needs in greater Lansing and mid-Michigan, the big word in 2024 is “more.”
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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12/4/24
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Capital News Service
The 2024 election brought many new faces to Michigan’s Legislature.
Four of them say they plan to use backgrounds in media and journalism in their approach …
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By ANNA ROSSOW
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12/4/24
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Leah Rasch worked as a medical surgical nurse at Sparrow Health System for five years before University of Michigan Health acquired it in April 2023.
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12/4/24
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Seven supporters of the former Eastern High School, representing a larger audience, urged Lansing City Council to save at least part of the building. They implored the Council to either deny …
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12/3/24
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TUESDAY, Dec. 13 — Efforts to save the old Eastern High School building are still on the table, according to seven speakers at last night’s City Council meeting.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/3/24
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Hundreds of years ago, the Ottawa people called it Ken-O-Sha, or “water of the walleye” — a 26-mile tributary of Michigan’s Grand River where the fish were abundant.
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By ISABELLA FIGUEROA (via Capital News Service)
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12/3/24
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The former owner of a West Michigan timber harvesting business has been sentenced to 41 months in federal prison for cheating investors of more than $2 million.
Authorities said Trent Witteveen …
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By ERIC FREEDMAN (via Capital News Service)
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12/3/24
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Remember the canary in the coal mine?
If the caged canary died, that was an urgent early warning for miners that the air was too dangerous to breathe and to get above-ground as quickly as …
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By ERIC FREEDMAN (via Capital News Service)
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12/3/24
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Artificial turf fields are becoming a hallmark at high schools across the state with the Michigan High School Athletic Association reporting around 100 high schools now playing on them.
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By DONTÉ SMITH (via Capital News Service)
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12/3/24
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412 E. Cavanaugh Road,
Lansing
This 723-square-foot, one-bedroom, single-bath home near the intersection of Cedar Street and Cavanaugh Road was hit with seven citations for an overgrown …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/27/24
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As President-elect Donald Trump promises to mobilize mass deportation efforts “on day one,” Lansing Mayor Andy Schor said he supports the city’s existing executive order providing protections for the city’s immigrant population.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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11/27/24
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Democrat Rebecca Bahar-Cook of Lansing claimed the second MSU Board of Trustees seat, joining Plymouth Republican Mike Balow. Bahar-Cook received 24.24% of votes, beating Novi Republican Julie Maday …
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11/26/24
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LANSING — A new Government Accountability Office study of hazardous waste facilities found them at risk of damage from climate-related events such as flooding and hurricanes.
Some …
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By ANNA ROSSOW (via Capital News Service)
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11/25/24
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LANSING – As digital collections and evolving generational needs reshape public libraries, institutions across the state are adapting to remain vital hubs of knowledge and community connection.
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By DONTÉ SMITH (via Capital News Service)
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11/25/24
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LANSING – Tiny homes are gaining attention in the state as a potential solution for housing challenges, offering a creative approach to affordability and community-building.
While …
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By DONTÉ SMITH (via Capital News Service)
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11/25/24
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LANSING – Many wild game processors in Michigan have expressed some concern about the contagious Chronic Wasting Disease, or CWD, including the fatal disease’s possible impact on deer …
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By ERIC FREEDMAN (via Capital News Service)
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11/25/24
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LANSING — As climate change increasingly shapes the Great Lakes region’s ecology and economy, scientists plan to use underwater robots to gather previously inaccessible data they say will …
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By GEORGIA HILL (via Capital News Service)
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11/25/24
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LANSING — The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development is placing quarantines around Michigan to contain an outbreak of invasive species, mainly by way of transporting firewood infested …
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By GABRIEL S. MARTINEZ (via Capital News Service)
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11/25/24
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LANSING – State grants are funding the renovation and preservation of buildings in Michigan’s Great Lakes shoreline communities.
Money for projects near lakes Huron, Michigan …
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By VICTOR WOODDELL (via Capital News Service)
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11/25/24
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Somewhere in heaven, Russel B. Nye, considered one of the fathers of popular culture, is smiling down on his beloved Michigan State University, where he was a professor of English for nearly 40 years.
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By BILL CASTANIER
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11/20/24
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