Half a million Michigan families could risk eviction by the end of the year without financial help from the federal government, housing advocates say.
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Zholdas Orisbayev
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9/11/20
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Some school officials in Michigan report that students seem to be in a better mood returning to in-person classes after they were abruptly sent to virtual learning in March.
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Tasia Bass
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9/11/20
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Additional space could be available soon for those struggling with homelessness as the City Rescue Mission of Lansing charts expansion in the 600 block of Michigan Avenue.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/10/20
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Regional health officials are tracking a recent spike in local drug overdose deaths from the three months following the arrival of COVID-19 in Greater Lansing.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/9/20
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New to Greater Lansing, but not so much to the cannabis industry, Bazonzoes Provisioning Center opens tomorrow on Lansing’s north side at 2101 W. Willow St.
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Shauna Stocken
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9/9/20
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Plans were announced today to lease the city-owned building to Detroit developer and turn the cavernous pole barn into a multi-use community hub called the Lansing Shuffleboard & Social Club. The 12-year-old building has been largely empty since 2018, save for the Waterfront Bar & Grill, which fought eviction until last fall.
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Lawrence Cosentino
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9/8/20
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Notably absent? An actual reduction to the Lansing Police Department’s $46.5 million budget.
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The idea behind the policy, Police Chief Daryl Green has said, is to limit unnecessary police contact and curb the disproportionate impact that enforcement has on people of color.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/4/20
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In the midst of a skeletal Welcome Week following Michigan State University’s decision to keep classes entirely online, downtown East Lansing businesses are staring down the prospect of shopping doldrums that extend far beyond the summer months.
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Skyler Ashley and Cole Tunningley
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9/4/20
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Speeders, be warned: The Lansing Police Department will be watching.
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Staff
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9/3/20
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A Lansing man said he’s the victim of a prank that connected him to a “white power” group.
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Berl Schwartz
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9/3/20
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Nearly 400 of the 700 students registered to attend MSU’s College of Law this semester still haven’t received thousands of dollars in federal loans, MSU officials confirmed today. And those students, now in their second week of virtual classes, still don’t have much financial certainty.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/3/20
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Prosecutors will not pursue charges against an East Lansing Police officer who was accused of using excessive force last year against a Black man at a traffic stop.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/3/20
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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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The old family maintenance business of 8th Congressional candidate Paul Junge paid out $100,000 to three former workers who claimed they were insulted with numerous racial slurs at the workplace and were fired when they complained about it, according to court records.
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Kyle Melinn
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9/3/20
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East Lansing Mayor Aaron Stephens has never seen such a quiet Welcome Weekend at Michigan State University.
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Kyle Kaminski
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9/2/20
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The doors are locked at a liquor store on Lansing’s south side where clerks repeatedly sold booze to teenage decoys from the Michigan Liquor Control Commission.
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Kyle Kaminski
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8/31/20
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An employee who tested positive for COVID-19 prompted the Lansing School District to delay the upcoming school year from Monday until Sept. 8. But amid a struggle to buy laptops for students, district officials said the delay would have likely happened regardless.
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Kyle Kaminski
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8/28/20
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In an ideal world, Mellema would have every student back in the classroom, but he knows that COVID-19 still poses a very real threat across Michigan.
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Kyle Kaminski
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8/28/20
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Two films honoring the 56th anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech by Martin Luther King Jr. are coming to the Cooley Law School Stadium this weekend.
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Staff
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8/27/20
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