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(The writer is president of Preservation Lansing and holds master’s degrees in historic preservation and urban and regional planning from Ball State University. She is also a University of Michigan alumna. She is a Committee to Preserve Historic and Promote Mental Health member.)
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By MARY OLDS TOSHACH
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7/11/24
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Is he out yet? Is she in yet?
Why doesn’t he get out? Why doesn’t she get in?
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/11/24
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I have encouraging news for those of you who have been following the year-long conversation in this column about shared-use housing.
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By JOAN NELSON
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7/4/24
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You might not have caught the irony of the Michigan Senate passing a proclaimed expansion of the state’s open record law the same night it passed the most secretive budget in modern history, but I did.
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/4/24
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Last week, a state representative from Up North named Neil Friske was arrested by Lansing police for allegedly chasing a Deja Vu dancer out of his condo and down Forest Road in Lansing at 2:45 a.m.
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/26/24
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Goodbye to a friend for the last time is always hard. For 20 years or more, my family and I bonded a friendship with a specialty store — simple, organic, fresh products from the aptly named Foods for Living store in Okemos. Foods for Living is a store with a mission to bring good food to the community in a pleasant environment.
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6/26/24
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“I don’t get the hype around Curtis Hertel,” a colleague told me the other day.
I lost my breath for a minute.
“You don’t remember …
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/19/24
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University of Michigan Health-Sparrow is to be commended for proposing a psychiatric facility for Lansing. America is suffering a mental health crisis, and our community is no exception. Sparrow …
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6/12/24
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Bold of Mark C. Criss, head of the City Rescue Mission of Lansing, to outright admit the Mission lies to its residents and its neighbors. The first paragraph of its website echoes the common …
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6/12/24
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The Republican National Party is dead to me and many other formerly active supporters because of the insistence of some weak kneed and weak willed want-to-be political “leaders” (?) who …
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6/12/24
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If you’ll excuse the pun, the question “soaring” over the state Capitol these days is a pot of money called the SOAR Fund that the governor’s administration uses to grease the …
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/12/24
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What would you consider a hate crime?
Is it threats of violence against someone because of who they are, whether they are part of the LGBTQ+ community, have a disability, come from a …
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/5/24
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We’ve all heard the tired phrase from the 1992 presidential campaign: “It’s the economy, stupid.”
Back then, it was James Carville laying the …
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By Kyle Melinn
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5/29/24
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At long last, the journey to a new home for Lansing’s municipal government appears to be in the home stretch. After a divided City Council rejected Mayor Andy Schor’s proposal to …
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5/15/24
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I’m almost ashamed to admit this, but I forgot to vote last week. It completely slipped my mind. How is this possible? I write about elections for a living. I’ve spent the last two weeks …
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Kyle Melinn
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5/15/24
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Behind the scenes, some House Democrats have considered withholding their support for the state budget until the majority votes on reforming the state’s auto insurance law to assist victims of …
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Kyle Melinn
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5/8/24
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(The writers are members of the East Lansing City Council.)
East Lansing residents should take note of a ballot initiative underway that, if successful, would overturn the rental …
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ERIK ALTMANN and MARK S. MEADOWS
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5/8/24
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(This guest column was written by retired Ingham Court Judge James R. Giddings; attorneys Eric Williams and Patrick Levine Rose; Nell Kuhnmuench, J.D.; and veterinarian Kath Edsall.)
A …
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5/8/24
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(The writer is a longtime East Lansing resident and real estate agent.)
I’ve been a resident of East Lansing since 1958 when my husband and I moved to East Lansing so he could complete a …
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Elinor M. Holbrook
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5/6/24
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(The writer is a former East Lansing housing inspector.)
East Lansing’s Housing Code Needs Reform
Last week, East Lansing City Councilperson Erik Altmann submitted a dark and dire …
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Nathan Izydorek
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5/3/24
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