After an almost entirely white class of paramedics was hired at the Lansing Fire Department in 2019, Mayor Andy Schor said he was “disappointed” by the lack of diversity in the ranks. And over the last two years, his administration has kept focused on recruiting more people of color. more

I’m not going to explain how there’s no room for sexual harassment and abusive behavior in today’s society — much less in a so-called professional workplace. That’s obvious. The trauma that TJ Bucholz inflicted on so many women at Vanguard Public Affairs is nauseating. It’s also appalling that this scandal was able to be kept quiet for so long while impacting so many people. more

Lansing political consultant TJ Bucholz and his firm Vanguard Public Affairs have made headlines following allegations of sexual harassment from more than a dozen former employees. But the story runs deeper than sexual innuendo and allegations of a “creepy” boss. more

MONDAY, March 29 — The board of the Michigan Press Association suspended today board member Dave Clark, the student newspaper adviser at Central Michigan University, which placed him on leave … more

In a purely political environment, there’s no way the Republican-led Senate would have allowed the governor’s appointment of a new head of the Department of Health and Human Services to stand. more

Lansing is bracing for another mayoral election this year. And with an incumbent accused of racism and a challenger accused of sexual harassment, some residents are beginning to doubt whether the government structure of the Capital City is best run by a so-called “strong mayor.” more

Both a current and former student of Central Michigan University said they informed two university employees of the alleged “creepy” behavior of TJ Bucholz, the owner of Vanguard Public Affairs who was accused by nearly a dozen women of sexual harassment.  more

Jen Eyer, an Ann Arbor City Councilwoman and an “equity partner” at the firm, contributed to an “abusive” and “toxic” workplace at Vanguard Public Affairs. more

TJ Bucholz, a Democratic consultant at the center of a sexual harassment scandal at his firm Vanguard Public Affairs, was taken by ambulance to Sparrow Hospital in Lansing this afternoon after an “apparent suicide attempt,” sources told City Pulse. more

A dark money group that recently bought a series of attack ads against former three-term Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero is back at it again. more

Lansing Mayor Andy Schor rolled out his budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year to the City Council this week, including plans to hire a second social worker at the Police Department and to reroute nonemergency calls to local social service agencies. more

Twice a month, the coronavirus develops a new mutation. Some of those mutations are harmless. Some are more ominous, like the B.1.1.7 variant originally identified in the U.K., the B1.351 variant originally found in South Africa and the P.1 variant which was identified in Brazil. more

Outdoor stadiums and sports arenas can now allow up to 20% of their usual capacities under newly loosened restrictions from the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services. And that means about 1,500 people will likely be able to return to Jackson Field, the home of the Lansing Lugnuts — which kicks off its 2021 baseball season with a home game May 4. more

Last summer, nearly 1,000 Okemos High School students and alumni signed a petition calling for the school to finish what it started. In addition to demanding a new mascot, the petition also called for a third-party evaluation of the Okemos Public Schools’ 2016-2019 equity plan. more

Some residents are voicing frustrations after a local company erected a fence around its property line earlier this year. more

The Michigan chapter of the International Society of Arboriculture is ignoring state and local restrictions on face masks as COVID-19 case rates continue to climb. more

A cluster of a more infectious variant of COVID-19 connected Grand Ledge High School appears to have reached its conclusion. more

Okemos Public Schools could be in search of a new mascot after district officials decide whether to drop its longstanding “Chieftain” name, the last remnant of a sports brand that once included images of a Native American heads, among other cultural references. A decision is anticipated in May. more

Last week, a man walked into the Hair United salon at 513 W. Ionia St., a quiet block where downtown Lansing eases into the shady Genesee neighborhood to the north. Owner Liz Winowiecki spritzed some water on the man’s hair, a prelude to applying the scissors. “Chauncey used to call that ‘sky juice,’” the customer told Winowiecki. more

A full back-page advertisement in City Pulse can cost more than $1,400. It’s no cheap feat to label former Lansing Mayor Virg Bernero as “America’s Horniest Mayor” — especially in text this large. So, who’s bankrolling the first mudslinging attack ad of the mayoral campaign? more