Behind the heavy metal screen door, the sounds of excited children could be heard. The woman who answered the door Sunday asked to get her husband. Soon, Madi Mahamat Ibrahim was sliding on white …
The Mason City Council voted to reject a resolution declaring a Malcolm X Observation Day. Councilwoman Rita Vogel, who introduced the resolution, called the rejection part of a pattern of “white supremacy” in Ingham County’s county seat …
Michigan has had a net loss of over 43,000 to other states since 2020, with Florida the biggest gainer. But the rate of losses is slowing. Previous years have been far worse. Half of the adults who leave have a college degree and the losses could hurt the state as it tries to grow economy …
The deaths of three children within days of each other have increased calls to expand access to Children’s Protective Services records in Michigan, but the effort faces plenty of hurdles ...
Reproductive rights remains a priority for the American Civil Liberties Union of Michigan, even after voters amended the state constitution to ensure the right to abortion. That includes repealing a now-unenforceable 1931 law criminalizing abortion …
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 1 — In a surprise move for Mayor Andy Schor, Brian McGrain, director of Economic Development and Planning tendered his resignation on Jan. 23. The resignation took effect Jan. …
LANSING – Michigan’s union membership rate went up in the last year, rising from 13.3% of the state’s workforce to 14%, while the national rate slid from 10.3% to 10.1% , according …
Eric Mizga sat sipping a beer from the Grand Bar inside Lansing Shuffle. “It’s phenomenal,” Mizga pronounced the makeover of the city-owned downtown pole barn along the Grand River. “It’s a great space for Lansing. We needed something …
Tax cut fever is sweeping the State Capitol once again, this time fueled by a $9 billion budget surplus and orchestrated through some deft political chess moves by Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. Clearly …
Ody Norkin has made the perilous journey into Ukraine once. He delivered an ambulance from Romania packed with medical supplies to Odessa on that trip, providing aid to …