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Growing up in the cornfields of Greater Lansing, I’ve lived through a few natural disasters. At 43, I’ve had a few close calls with tornadoes.
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By RICH TUPICA
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1/15/25
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Downtown Lansing Inc. recruited Sedona Wanderlust Boutique owner Ashleigh Rogers to join its Middle Village “retail accelerator program” in early 2024.
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The Professional Employee Council of Sparrow Hospital-Michigan Nurses Association and UM Health-Sparrow reached a contract agreement in principle Tuesday, avoiding a strike planned for Monday. …
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By STEVE UNDERWOOD
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1/14/25
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WEDNESDAY, Jan. 8 — Former Lansing Mayor David Hollister's lifetime of public service in Greater Lansing made him a key resource in the minds of many of the city's charter commissioners.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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1/8/25
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Former downtown Lansing business owners Faun Donald and Luke Trusnovec closed their floral shop, Neva Lee’s, last March after about 19 months in business on Washington Square.
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Lansing City Council members elected Ryan Kost president and Tamara Carter vice president for 2025 in their first meeting of the year Monday . Kost replaces Jeremy Garza, and Carter …
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1/7/25
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In September, the Capital Area Transportation Authority purchased a former Greyhound Bus station, 511 S. Washington Ave., for $1 million with the intent of renovating it into its new administrative center.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER & BERL SCHWARTZ
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1/1/25
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Potential policy shifts under the incoming Trump administration may have an impact that could make it easier to traffic children, the managing attorney for the Michigan Immigration Rights Center said.
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By GABRIEL S. MARTINEZ
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1/1/25
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Retired attorney Eugene “Gil” Wanger helped rewrite the Michigan Constitution in 1961.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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1/1/25
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Today, we say goodbye to our teacher, cousin, and friend, Hugh Spagnuolo, whose 44-year career at Eastern High School touched nearly every student attending. If you had to write a theme on certain …
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12/30/24
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FRIDAY, Dec. 27 — Judge Cynthia Ward loses sleep over some of the stories she hears on the bench.
So, she reasoned, those same witnesses must be undergoing significant stress in telling …
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BERL SCHWARTZ
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12/27/24
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A look at notable figures in Greater Lansing who died in 2024.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/26/24
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City Hall scuffles finally settled
Chicago developer J. Paul Beitler achieved a longtime dream in July when Lansing’s City Council unanimously approved selling City Hall, 124 W. Michigan Ave.,
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By BERL SCHWARTZ & TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/26/24
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 18—Since 1987, Lansing voters have had the option to establish a charter commission at the ballot box every 12 years.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/18/24
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As a Syrian-born child of two Palestinian refugees, Bassam Mahmoud’s early life was dictated by a lack of true citizenship.
When his parents were forcibly relocated to Syria in 1948, they …
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/18/24
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Christian Nwobu, owner of 23 rental properties in Lansing with delinquent property tax balances, will need to come up with $102,499 by March 31 to avoid foreclosure.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/18/24
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The Lansing City Council voted 7-1 to approve brownfield tax financing for the five-building New Vision Lansing project for downtown and Old Town, including the city’s tallest skyscraper. The …
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12/17/24
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THURSDAY, Dec. 12 — As a Syrian-born child of two Palestinian refugees, Bassam Mahmoud’s early life was dictated by a lack of true citizenship.
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TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/12/24
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WEDNESDAY, Dec. 11 — Unionized nurses and healthcare professionals have voted almost unanimously to authorize a strike against University of Michigan Health-Sparrow, the Michigan Nurses …
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BERL SCHWARTZ
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12/11/24
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Lansing’s small businesses on Michigan Avenue were just beginning to recover from the pandemic when Lansing’s $14 million Michigan Avenue rehabilitation project began last April.
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By TYLER SCHNEIDER
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12/11/24
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