Michigan will no longer assist Ohio with disposing toxic waste from the East Palestine derailment. Residents and lawmakers call for more transparency on toxic waste being transported to …
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Janelle D. James
Bridge Magazine | 3/4/23 |
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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Adenike Shoyinka decided to become a medical doctor so she could follow in her relatives’ footsteps. “I had a few people in my family who were physicians, and I liked what they …
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Vladislava Sukhanovskaya
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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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This two-story home sits on a large parcel of land, surrounded by a fence. Its southern side is completely covered with plywood. On the northern side, plywood covers some of the windows …
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Todd Heywood
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3/2/23
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Victor Cager has been running his thrift stores in Logan Square for two years now. He’s seen businesses come and go. One of his stores sells everything for a dollar. At the other …
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Todd Heywood
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3/2/23
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Ana Elizalde, 51, of Lansing, won $1 million from a Powerball ticket purchased at Sav-Way Food Center on West Michigan Avenue. She plans to use the winnings from the Feb. 6 drawing for bills and her …
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Nicole Noechel
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2/28/23
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The U.S. Supreme Court will hear oral arguments today on the future of President Joe Biden’s student loan forgiveness program. Student loan borrowers are waiting to see …
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Isabel Lohman
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2/28/23
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LANSING – New dollars distributed to groups fighting substance abuse can be used to purchase strips that test whether drug dealers cut heroin or other street drugs with often-deadly …
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Judy Putnam
Capital News Service | 2/25/23 |
In 2021, Lansing Community College locked down its downtown campus buildings. Access was limited to those holding a card issued to students, faculty and staff. LCC made the quiet move, “in response to fewer people in the …
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2/23/23
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Growing up in Lansing, Ingham County Register of Deeds Derrick Quinney has seen racism on multiple levels — from neighbors, from the state and from laws that told his family where they were and were not allowed to live. …
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Trevor Hubert
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2/23/23
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The historic planted islands in the Westside Neighborhood will be restored following sewer work next year, thanks largely to two grants to the city of Lansing. But residents, who fought to save the islands, are not out of the woods yet ...
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Todd Heywood
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2/23/23
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“This world’s a ship on its passage out; and not a voyage complete; and the pulpit is its prow,” Herman Melville wrote in “Moby Dick.” A growing group of faith …
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Lawrence Cosentino
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2/23/23
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Students, faculty and staff at Michigan State University are still easing back into normal operations following the mass shooting on Feb. 13 that killed three students and left five more injured …
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Trevor Hubert
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2/21/23
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For years, lack of outdoor equity has been something the Department of Natural Resources has been trying to resolve. “Access hasn’t changed, but what has changed is what we are working to have, recreational space across Michigan closer to people’s homes” …
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Cameron Evans
Capital News Service | 2/21/23 |
GoFundMe is keeping a list of verified fundraiser websites related to Monday’s shooting
Five have been verified
Other funds are for scholarships or to help buy food for …
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Kelly House & Lauren Gibbons
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2/19/23
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Marco Díaz-Muñoz, an assistant professor at MSU, watched a gunman open fire inside his classroom Monday …
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Kelly House
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2/19/23
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FRIDAY, February 17 —- The Shiawasee County Board of Commissioners voted Thursday night to refuse to release the personnel file of Douglas Chapman. The move was in response to an appeal of a …
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Todd Heywood
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2/17/23
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FRIDAY, Feb. 17 — As thousands took part in a vigil at Michigan State University to remember the victims of Monday’s mass shooting, the Eaton County Board of Commissioners voted 8-7 along party lines Wednesday against a resolution that called for comprehensive gun legislation …
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Todd Heywood
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2/17/23
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