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Hill Harper and Barack Obama have a long association, going back to their days as law students at Harvard, where they played basketball together. Despite their friendship, Obama hasn’t indicated support for any of the Democratic candidates for the U.S. Senate.
Harper hopes to climb Capitol Hill
A couple of Sundays ago at the East Lansing Farmers Market, I was approached by a campaign worker for U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin. more
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Credit card surcharges are increasingly common at locally owned businesses, as these door signs attest.
Grin and pay it: Credit card surcharges spread in Lansing
Delta Township resident Liz Beal has long been frustrated by the growing number of local businesses and services that have adopted credit card surcharge fees. more
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These two buildings in the 400 block of West Kalamazoo Street would become a homeless shelter for men and women without children if the Lansing City Council approves.
‘Gimme Shelter,’ the Lansing Rescue Mission asks the City Council
Faced with a dramatic increase in homelessness, the City Rescue Mission of Lansing has been looking for additional shelter space in the downtown area. more
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The City Rescue Mission want to purchase the historic Glaister House, at the corner of Walnut and Kalamazoo streets, as part of its homeless shelter proposal.
Rescue mission’s shelter plan offers hope for historic neighbor
The City Rescue Mission’s potential purchase of the property it hopes to turn into a homeless shelter would notably include the 147-year-old Glaister House, which is on a list of endangered historic properties in Greater Lansing. more
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(From left) East Lansing City Council candidates Noel Garcia Jr., Christopher A. Wardell, Kerry Ebersole Singh, Mark S. Meadows, Rebecca Kasen, Joshua Ramirez-Roberts, Daniel E. Bollman and Erik Altmann participate in a League of Women Voters candidate forum at the Hannah Community Center last night.
East Lansing City Council candidates differ on ballot proposals
  FRIDAY, Sept. 15 — East Lansing’s eight at-large candidates for three seats on the City Council are split on a trio of ballot measures set to appear on the Nov. 7 ballot.  … more
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This photo by Gerald G. (Doc) Granger, who worked for the Lansing State Journal, shows the Masonic Temple building in the foreground and what is now known as Boji Tower beyond it.
Masonic Temple approaches century mark with renewed future
The former Masonic Temple at 217 S. Capitol Ave. has been out of use since 2008, but it may soon be the site of Lansing’s new City Hall. more
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor (left) at the press conference today with Ron Boji of the Boji Group on the second floor of the old Masonic Temple announcing that the building will become City Hall if the City Council approves.
City Hall headed up the street to the old Masonic Temple
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 13 —The historic Masonic Temple on Capitol Avenue will be the home of Lansing’s new City Hall if the City Council approves, the Schor administration will announce today. … more
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The City Rescue Mission wants to convert two office buildings on Kalamazoo Street between Walnut and Chestnut streets into a homeless shelter and close the men's shelter on Michigan Avenue in downtown Lansing.
City Rescue Mission seeks to add homeless shelter facilities on Kalamazoo Street near the Capitol Complex
THURSDAY, Sept. 7 — The City Rescue Mission is looking to expand with a new homeless shelter in two buildings on Kalamazoo Street near the Capitol Complex. “We’ve been … more
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More than a dozen power lines off Old Lansing Road were brought down by last Thursday’s storms. Crews were still working on repairing several of them Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 29).
What a climatologist makes of what we just went through
Just after 9:40 p.m. Thursday (Aug. 24), an EF-2 tornado with a maximum wind speed of 125 miles per hour struck Greater Lansing, resulting in two confirmed deaths in Ingham County being tallied among the five statewide casualties that were reported over the weekend. more
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U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin in her District office in downtown Lansing’s Federal Building.
Slotkin approaches the U.S. Senate race from the center
The race to select a Democrat to run for Debbie Stabenow’s seat in the U.S. Senate is shaping up, in part, as progressive vs. moderate. The moderate is Elissa Slotkin, who is in her third term in the U.S. House representing Greater Lansing. At least two of her opponents, Hill Harper and Pamela Pugh, are making a point of running to her left. The Democratic primary is still almost a year away, but the race is very much in motion. more
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Paul Gentilozzi and his son John pose in the lobby of the Atrium Building, which will be the gateway to the 25-story Tower on Grand from Washington Square.
Racing the clock on downtown growth
It takes a second to blink off the noonday glare of downtown Lansing and adjust to the butterscotch glow of the historic Atrium Building on Washington Square. more
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Two views of Riverview220, the Lansing Housing Commission’s mixed-income and mixed-use apartment complex planned for the 400 block of South Grand Avenue in downtown Lansing.
Mixed-income apartment complex slated for Lansing’s Grand Avenue
The Lansing Housing Commission is going ahead with plans for a $22.5 million mixed-use and mixed-income income apartment building in the heart of downtown Lansing after receiving a state tax credit, the commission’s executive director said. more
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Out of control: Lansing’s gun violence is about more than guns
When he was 14, Adam Hussain witnessed a gun homicide in Risdale Park, along Pleasant Grove Road in south Lansing. He and his friends were on foot to a basketball court when a man arrived in a cab. The man got out of the car and began shooting at the court. One man was killed. more
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The Lansing Housing Commission has proposed building a mixed-income and mixed-use apartment complex in downtown Lansing on Grand Avenue between Lenawee and Kalamazoo streets. It took another step toward reality today with the announcement that the state has awarded the LHC a $1.5 million dollar tax credit for the project.
Lansing Housing Commission gets federal tax credit for proposed downtown apartments
THURSDAY, Aug. 10 — The state of Michigan has awarded the Lansing Housing Commission a $1.497 million tax credit toward a proposed $22.5 million mixed-use housing project in the heart of … more
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GOP congressional candidate Tom Barrett (left) is celebrating the virtues of small-town safety, as portrayed in a controversial song by country singer Jason Aldean (right) — even though Barrett's hometown of Charlotte is less than a great example of a safe community.
Barrett sings praises of 'Small Town' safety — even though hometown Charlotte's crime rate is high
THURSDAY, Aug. 10 — Republican congressional candidate Tom Barrett is soliciting signatures and funds from people to stand against the “woke” mob he alleges is trying to … more
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Tabitha Castilla outside the red-tagged house on Stafford Street in south Lansing that she wants to make a home for her family. Because of a technicality, she cannot qualify for loans to fix it up.
Red-tagged dream home turns into red-tape nightmare
Tabitha Castilla watched her two daughters roll down the sidewalks on Stafford Street in south Lansing on their hoverboards and smiled. “I love that they can be out here and play like this … more
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The LGBTQ Pride flag at the White House during June.
Slotkin joins Republicans in supporting Pride flag ban at military installations
MONDAY, Aug. 7 — Congresswoman Elissa Slotkin was one of only two Democrats to vote for a Republican measure widely seen as targeting the potential display of gay Pride flags at military … more
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Slotkin moves out of 7th District back to family's farm in Holly
FRIDAY, Aug. 4 — U.S. Rep. Elissa Slotkin is no longer a registered voter in the 7th Congressional District, which she was elected  to represent nine months ago. Slotkin, a Democrat, moved out of her Lansing rental and changed her voter registration to Holly, which is in the 9th Congressional District. more
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Pastor Paul Elam Jr. of the Tabernacle of David Church in Lansing, seemed to endorse political candidate Tamera Carter and ask for donations to her when he spoke to his congregation last Sunday.
Lansing church uses pulpit to raise money for City Council candidate
 FRIDAY, Aug. 4 —- A local pastor entered at least a grey area last Sunday when he seemed to endorse Lansing City Council candidate Tamera Carter and solicit money for her from his … more
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Candidate who declined Schor's money accepted $5,000 from other PACs
THURSDAY, Aug. 3  — Tamera Carter has made an issue of declining support from Lansing Mayor Andy Schor through his political action committee for her campaign for an at-large seat on the … more
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