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At least two dozen large bars and restaurants across Greater Lansing have been ordered to temporarily limit capacity to 75 patrons as local officials continue to track a growing COVID-19 outbreak tied to the recent reopening of Harper’s Restaurant & Brewpub in East Lansing.
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Kyle Kaminski
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7/2/20
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Police Chief Daryl Green announced earlier this afternoon that beginning immediately officers will only pull over drivers for traffic violations related to public safety and cease all traffic stops for violations like cracked windshields, loud exhaust, cracked tail lights and tinted windshields.
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Kyle Kaminski
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7/1/20
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Lansing Mayor Andy Schor is reshuffling staff this week, sliding “chief of staff” duties away from Deputy Mayor Samantha Harkins to Nik Tate, who will be promoted this week from chief administrative officer to the newly created role of Deputy Mayor for Operations.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/30/20
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About 100 people were on hand for the noon kickoff. That compares to about 1,000 people who participated in a peaceful rally and march sponsored by the NAACP June 10 and a similarly sized protest on May 31 that turned violent.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/29/20
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The Schor administration’s chief strategic officer and acting finance director — who was hired to help lead the city through significant budget challenges — is quitting after less …
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Staff
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6/29/20
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Maggie Haberman tweeted something the other day that I found remarkable. Promoting a story on President Trump’s about voting by mail, The New York Times White House correspondent wrote that …
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Jeffrey C. Billman
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6/28/20
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“I respect your calls for change,” he declared. “I seek to codify police reform through policy.”
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A crowd of 100 or so were on hand for the start of the event, organized by Tamilikia Foster, a poet and nurse at McLaren Hospital.
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Cole Tunningley and Berl Schwartz
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6/27/20
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Gregg Todd was the commissioners’ unanimous pick Tuesday. Todd is deputy secretary of operations the Maryland Health Department.
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Staff
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6/26/20
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Tamilikia Foster, a poet and organizer of this Saturday’s Silent Sit-In Against Racism at the State Capitol, had very personal reasons to assemble a series of inspirational speakers and performers to create a “visually and verbally stimulating” event Saturday.
By …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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6/25/20
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Members of the City Council questioned his decision to limit public comment at board meetings.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/24/20
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Anyone who visited Harper’s Restaurant & Brew Pub in East Lansing between June 12-20 is being advised to self-quarantine.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/24/20
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FRIDAY, June 19 — Results of an online survey show that about two-thirds of local residents who responded to the survey said they feel safe in the capital city and trust the Lansing Police …
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/24/20
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Editor and publisher Berl Schwartz hosts a Zoom interview with James McGrath, president and dean of Cooley Law School at Western Michigan University.
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Staff
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6/24/20
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The Ingham County Health Department is warning customers of Harper's Restraurant & Brew Pub to watch for COVID-19 symptoms after at least 18 people who recently visted the East Lansing bar tested …
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Staff
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6/23/20
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The Lansing City Council voted unanimously tonight to declare racism a public health crisis in the capital city, paving a path for a more socially equitable future that local officials said can only be realized by first recognizing that clear racial disparities exist.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/22/20
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The murals serve as a reminder to remember George Floyd, and all of the people who were killed by police before him.
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Cole Tunningley
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6/22/20
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A group of local citizens want to tell Lansing Community College: Don’t rush into closing the school station — we might be able to save it.
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Saying that Lansing is 20% African American, the local Black Lives Matter chapter wants that percentage of the Lansing Police Department budget redirected to the needs of the Black community.
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Berl Schwartz and Cole Tunningley
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6/20/20
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A consortium of leaders from Greater Lansing’s African American community are pushing for a new “Black agenda” in Mid-Michigan amid a growing call for racial justice, police reforms and increased social equity in Lansing and across the United States.
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Kyle Kaminski
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6/19/20
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