The Lansing City Council approved a final set of tax incentives that could help entice General Motors to build a $2.5 billion battery cell manufacturing plant next year in Delta Township. All told, the proposed tax incentive package for the project could amount to decades of significantly reduced taxes — including no paying no income or property taxes for 18 years — and cheaper electricity costs. GM is expected to decide whether to build the plant within the next few weeks. more

One effect of the pandemic has been an increase in retirements across age groups 55 and above. more

Lansing cops are investigating a burglary at a north Lansing pot shop. more

Nearly all of the ice cream being served at the MSU Dairy Store this week was outsourced from MOO-ville Creamery. more

A Lansing political consultant was suspended from Twitter this week for apparent 'abuse and harassment.' more

Kathy, 62, minimizes her bipolar disorder. When she provides a list of disabilities for which she is receiving Social Security Disability Insurance, it’s usually the last condition that she mentions — and only with some reluctance and prodding from her daughter Natasha Beals. more

The Brenke Fish Ladder is found in Burchard Park along the Lansing River Trail near Old Town. The ladder itself was constructed in 1981 as part of a series of fish ladders, or step-like pools, to help salmon and trout travel from Lake Michigan upstream to the Moore’s Park Dam in Lansing. more

Jeffrey Brown takes office as a new at-large member of the Lansing City Councilman on Jan. 1. He was elected even though many specifics about his background stayed private — and they remain that way. Efforts to find out more about him have been hindered by Brown himself, who hasn’t returned calls from City Pulse since before Election Day. What is on the record is his connection to several unsuccessful home healthcare businesses and that he filed for bankruptcy in 2015, apparently costing employees tens of thousands of dollars in income. more

Project Censored isn’t alone in drawing parallels to a century ago, of course. The pandemic above all has expanded journalistic horizons, as a matter of necessity. To a lesser extent, the threat to American democracy — part of a worldwide trend of democratic backsliding — has done so as well. more

General Motors plans to build a $2.5 billion battery cell production plant for electric vehicles in Delta Township that could create 1,700 new jobs in Lansing through 2026. more

At least two dozen unvaccinated employees at Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan and the Accident Fund were put on unpaid leave this week. more

At-Large Lansing City Councilman Peter Spadafore said he plans to nominate Third Ward Councilman Adam Hussain to take over as president. more

State legislation would create new misdemeanor and felony charges for those caught threatening or assaulting health officials. more

Peanut Shop owner Tammy Melser, whose family has owned the downtown Lansing nuttery since 1960, announced her retirement on Facebook after more than 45 years of working there. She’ll stay on staff through December, then make room for the new owners Adam Seyburn and Aaron Larvick, of Okemos, who said they plan to keep the business running in the same way. The new owners also plan to eventually launch a website for The Peanut Shop for online orders. more

At the end of August, Erika Lowe was caught by surprise when a customer congratulated her on receiving a $15,000 grant from Ingham County’s share of federal COVID-19 relief dollars. more

Weekday copies of the Lansing State Journal as thick as 80 pages weren’t uncommon in 2001. more

“They misapplied the law,” said Liz Abdnour, a Lansing lawyer and self-identified “lifelong Democrat voter” who filed the proposed recall petition language against Betz late last month. more

Deon Butler of Detroit told lawmakers at a recent hearing that public schools failed him. Butler, who is dyslexic, said his memories of school are traumatic.  “I would always be the … more

Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail said she is “troubled” and “perplexed” by a recent increase in COVID-19 cases across Ingham County — a statistic that also bears out statewide. more

The Village Lansing was one of two nonprofit groups that put in a bid during the county’s first round of applications. It was formed in 2019 by Erica Lynn and her husband, Michael Lynn Jr., and works to reduce gun violence among middle and high school students (and ages 18-25) by “welcoming them to a safe environment and supporting their needs,” according to its application. more