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After East Lansing settled for $7.8 million over a 5% fee on Lansing Board of Water & Light bills deemed to be an illegal tax, Lansing Township is trying a different approach to keep a similar …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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7/16/25
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The Gillespie Group agreed to purchase the City Rescue Mission’s six adjacent buildings on the 600 block of East Michigan Avenue. The mission’s men’s shelter is relocating to …
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7/15/25
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The busy brushes of Brian Whitfield
The paint brushes of local muralist Brian Whitfield never get a chance to dry out, and that’s a good thing.
Whitfield, who is noted for his many …
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By BILL CASTANIER
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7/9/25
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Bridget Brink has tackled difficult things before. A few times.
Being named the U.S. ambassador to Ukraine two months after Russia’s 2022 ramped up invasion of the country was difficult.
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By KYLE MELINN
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7/9/25
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A U.S. District judge has sentenced Merria Wallace, 42, from West Park, Florida, with ties to Lansing, to 10 years in prison for her role in a multistate drug trafficking operation. Wallace was part …
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7/9/25
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Even as the city has prioritized funding for roads and sidewalks, the budget has remained slim compared to the number of in-need areas. City Pulse asked all Council candidates on the August ballot …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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7/2/25
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City Pulse asked all 13 candidates who will appear on the August ballot — 10 at-large and three 4th Ward candidates — about the vacancy factor in Lansing’s budget.
Mayoral …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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7/2/25
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A controversial choice to hike retired firefighters’ insurance premiums according to the Schor administration’s reading of a 2013 collective bargaining agreement, unfunded vacancies that …
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BY LEO V. KAPLAN
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7/2/25
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Ballots are out and the votes are already trickling in — even though the election is still a month away.
Over 22,000 ballots were sent out on Friday for Lansing’s Aug. 5 primary …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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7/2/25
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Aurelius Christian’s campaign for City Council seemed to be going well.
Out of 10 at-large candidates in the Aug. 5 primary election, Christian, 27, was one of three endorsed by the …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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7/2/25
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Lansing voters will decide in November whether to approve a new city charter.
It contains several major changes — such as expanding the City Council’s size and its election schedule …
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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7/2/25
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When University of Michigan Health-Sparrow demolished the historic Eastern High School as part of a plan to build a mental health facility on its grounds, some bemoaned a lack of preservation ethic …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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7/2/25
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MSU President Kevin Guskiewicz told faculty and staff some will lose their jobs as the university reduces its budget 9% over the next two years. MSU “faces external pressures such as …
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7/1/25
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MONDAY, June 30 — Lansing voters will decide in November whether to approve a new city charter, City Clerk Chris Swope said today.
It contains several major changes — such as …
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BERL SCHWARTZ
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6/30/25
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One minute, Linda Gonzales was enjoying a beautiful Saturday in June as she walked to a mailbox along Jolly Road in south Lansing. The next, she was on the ground with a broken wrist.
The …
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By LEO V. KAPLAN
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6/25/25
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Murals find their way on to some unusual spaces, including street crosswalks, communication boxes and walls and windows in the downtown. And now drain grates and catch basins will be getting a …
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By BILL CASTANIER
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6/25/25
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Bridget Brink, the former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine, announced she is running as a Democrat to challenge U.S. Rep. Tom Barrett, R-Charlotte, in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District in next …
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6/25/25
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MONDAY, June 23 — The Green Door, a Lansing institution on Michigan Avenue for more than three decades, serving up the blues and a wide variety of other music while also thriving as an …
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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6/23/25
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Two new Lansing ordinances may not provide dramatic and immediate relief from our housing shortage. But over time they should gently densify our neighborhoods.
The ordinances, which the …
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By JOAN NELSON
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6/18/25
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Purchased at auction by Brian Tillery II and Kabuba R. Mwilima in 2022, this house, seven blocks north of the State Capitol, is one of the more glaring eyesores in the city.
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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6/18/25
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