Confusion and miscommunication led to the temporary closure of El Azteco restaurant in Lansing.
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A brick wall in downtown Lansing may be home to the last remnant of a bygone era of offensively named coffee shops.
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Lansing mayoral candidate Larry Hutchinson Jr. is still paying off more than $1,000 in court costs and fines after a drunken driving arrest last year by Clinton County Sheriff’s deputies.
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Mike Shirkey would prefer to say, “Bovine secretion.” That’s what he calls the Gov. Gretchen Whitmer administration’s latest economic shutdowns on restaurants and eating at entertainment venues.
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As nationwide concerns set in over delays in the U.S. Postal Service ahead of an expected record-breaking number of mail-in ballots for this year’s General Election, a postal union official sees little problem locally.
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Ingham County Health Officer Linda Vail said at least 46 local residents have been infected with COVID-19 following an outbreak at an Eaton County Meijer warehouse.
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“I respect your calls for change,” he declared. “I seek to codify police reform through policy.”
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Lansing’s mayoral election is still three weeks away, but local voters have already decided on the “best mayoral candidate” in Lansing.
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More than a dozen new COVID-19 cases were again reported in Greater Lansing earlier this afternoon as the statewide case count edged to nearly 23,000 with nearly 1,300 deaths.
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A microscopic attacker has invaded our state, threatening not only our health and well-being, but the fundamental roots of our democracy.
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Lansing City Councilman Brian Jackson hopes local residents will forgive his forgetfulness.
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As part of Meridian Township's Village of Okemos project, the Travelers Club International Restaurant & Tuba Museum is undergoing demolition. A neighboring block, the former home of Bottoms Up Lingerie and Okemos Ace Hardware, is scheduled for demolition next week.
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Republican lawmakers will roll out their first legal arguments against Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s emergency powers at the state’s Court of Claims tomorrow as the governor continues to face criticism over her sweeping “Stay Safe, Stay Home” executive order.
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In late July, Tyrun Williams, 35, of Grand Ledge, was arrested in Lansing Township. He was stopped for speeding, but the investigation led to the seizure of about a dozen guns and about 200 grams of cocaine.
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In hindsight, it was inevitable that we’d end up here.
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For the last eight years, a familiar annual cycle has been constantly repeating itself in Lansing.
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As classes resume at Michigan State University, downtown East Lansing offered a modified summer look. The vast majority of the student body opted to stay put rather than live on or off campus for their virtual fall semester.
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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.
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For Lansing area workers and employers, predicting the impact of the coronavirus shutdown is like trying to draw up a spreadsheet in the midst of a plague.
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Incumbent Delta Township Supervisor Ken Fletcher, a Democrat, is facing Democratic challenger Joshua Lyman for a four-year term. With no Republican challenger filed in the General Election in November, the winner in next month’s Primary Election takes the seat.
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