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University of Michigan Health–Sparrow is listening.
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By BERL SCHWARTZ
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7/25/24
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President Joe Biden’s decision to mercifully abandon his reelection plans came two years too late and has put his Democratic Party in a self-induced crisis.
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/25/24
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Until former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear, the popular parlor game among the national media was listing the Democratic congressional types who were urging President Joe Biden to pass the torch to ... well, anybody else.
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By Kyle Melinn
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7/18/24
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(The writer has lived in the Lansing area for over 35 years. She worked for the state Legislature and for the Michigan Education Association.)
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By Christina Canfield
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7/11/24
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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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(Baumer is President/CEO of the Capital Region Community is Moser is President/CEO of the Jackson Community Foundation.)
The nonprofit sector plays a critical role in supporting the …
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By LAURIE STRAUSS BAUMER AND MONICA MOSER
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6/19/24
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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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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.
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6/13/24
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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 persist in their support of the former POTUS in maintaining his cult.
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6/13/24
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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 wheels for big economic projects.
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By Kyle Melinn
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6/13/24
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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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