The Michigan State University Department of Police and Public Safety released more information about the Feb. 13 shooting. The investigation preliminarily determined that Anthony McRae, 43, had no …
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Nicole Noechel
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5/3/23
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WEDNESDAY, April 26 — NASA astronaut and Space Station commander Terry Virts is a thumbs-up, can-do NASA astronaut and U.S. Army colonel in the classic “Right Stuff” vein. But …
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By LAWRENCE COSENTINO
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4/27/23
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With only two incumbents running for four seats, the Lansing City Council is facing a shakeup this year. Thirteen candidates filed paperwork by the 4 p.m. Tuesday deadline for the Aug. 8 primary …
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Todd Heywood
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4/27/23
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Are you one of those readers who like to open a biography in the middle, to get to the good stuff? You don’t care what Napoleon or Catherine the Great did in diapers? …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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4/27/23
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The East Lansing City Council voted to hire attorney J. Randall Secontine to investigate an anonymous complaint that blames the government’s “turmoil” on “poor and unethical …
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Nicole Noechel
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4/25/23
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THURSDAY, April 20 — REO Elementary School pupils on the city’s south side have been attending classes virtually since April 9 after the school was contaminated by soot from the school’s playground equipment being set on fire on Easter Friday.
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Todd Heywood
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4/20/23
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WEDNESDAY, March 29 — The recently retired head of Lansing’s Code Enforcement Office, which has been under fire over building inspection issues, said he quit because he was sick of …
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Todd Heywood
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3/29/23
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TUESDAY, March 21 — Disabilities now account for the top type of discrimination complaints to the Department of Civil Rights. “Disability has now outpaced race, in terms of those …
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Jack Timothy Harrison
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3/21/23
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MONDAY, March 20 — Just 16 days after announcing he’d formed an exploratory committee to look at running for the 7th Congressional seat, Lansing Mayor Andy Schor announced by email he …
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Todd Heywood and Berl Schwartz
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3/20/23
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Andy Schor can pinpoint when he decided against running for Congress.
The Lansing mayor announced an exploratory campaign just two and a half weeks ago. But between now and then, he and his wife, …
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Berl Schwartz
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3/20/23
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FRIDAY, March 17 — Ingham County Circuit Judge Joyce Draganchuk has ordered all of the handwritten filings by Lansing marijuana entrepreneur Michael Doherty in his receivership case stricken …
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Todd Heywood
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3/17/23
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While Phillips Orchards & Cider Mill’s Lansing outpost opened at the end of December, there’s another development to celebrate. Last week, the St. Johns-based company began offering its boozy beverages …
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Lizy Ferguson
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3/16/23
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The remains of a modern piece of land art displayed behind the Capitol’s west end from 1980 to 2002 was returned to the original artist after sitting in storage in Detroit for years, the state …
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Kyle Melinn
MIRS Capitol News Service | 3/9/23 |
On June 27, 2022, this unregistered rental property caught fire and took the life of 23-month-old Damian Shessia. An investigation revealed there were no smoke detectors in the property …
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3/9/23
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Local criminal court funding remains uncertain as a deadline next year approaches that could eliminate a major source of money for local trial courts. Meanwhile, the Michigan Supreme Court is the Michigan Supreme Court is considering whether judges can constitutionally impose costs on convicted criminal defendants.…
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Jack Timothy Harrison
Capital News Service | 3/7/23 |
“Dark store theory,” a commonly used but disputed form of property tax evaluation for big box retailers, is being taken on again by an Upper Peninsula lawmaker who has been a champion of …
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Dan Netter
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3/6/23
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Two more local Democrats, state Sen. Sarah Anthony and state Rep. Julie Brixie, are considering a run for Congress, they said Friday. That brings to four the number of elected Democrats in Greater …
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Todd Heywood and Berl Schwartz
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3/4/23
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FRIDAY, March 3 — Following Lansing Mayor Andy Schor’s announcement yesterday that he has formed an exploratory committee to run for the 7th district congressional seat, one Democrat …
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Todd Heywood
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3/3/23
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THURSDAY, March 2 — Lansing Mayor Andy Schor announced today he is exploring a run for Congress for the House seat that U.S . Rep. Elissa Slotkin will vacate in order to run for the U.S. Senate. ...
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Todd Heywood and Berl Schwartz
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3/2/23
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In a sweep of 47 red-tagged properties in the city’s 1st Ward, Lansing code officials and law enforcement have identified 13 red-tagged properties where people were living in violation of the …
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Todd Heywood
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3/2/23
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